{"id":5950,"date":"2016-10-27T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2016-10-21T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:16:37","slug":"rest-from-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/personal-best-newsletter\/personal-best-special-topic\/rest-from-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest from Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5955 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/10\/Smiling-Faces.png\" alt=\"Smiling Faces\" width=\"237\" height=\"247\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you tried digital fasting?\u00a0 That\u2019s when you purposely turn off electronic devices from anywhere from a few hours to several days.\u00a0 The point is to disconnect from the artificial world of social media, electronic communication, the internet and TV \u2013 and reconnect with the world around you and your own inner voice and thoughts.\u00a0 Unplugging for a day or more may benefit you in these ways:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improved posture<\/strong>.\u00a0 You will sit and stand up straighter, rather than hunched over a device, becoming cranky, stiff and achy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More personal connections<\/strong>.\u00a0 You will make more eye contact with people and appear more friendly and approachable.\u00a0 You may lose that sense of loneliness and disconnect from spending hours and days attached to your devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better conversation and collaboration<\/strong>.\u00a0 Instead of turning to your device for every answer and suggestion, you may enjoy more meaningful conversations, ask more questions and come to more shared solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fantastic focus<\/strong>.\u00a0 Without the distraction of mobile devices, you may find yourself more alert and observant and able to remember details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improved sleep<\/strong>.\u00a0 The blue light emitted by some electronic devices, such as phones and tablets has been proven to disrupt sleep patterns.\u00a0 You might not sleep longer after you unplug, but you could improve sleep quality and feel more rested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.\u201d\u00a0 Thomas Edison<\/p>\n<p>Personal Best Special Topic<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you tried digital fasting?\u00a0 That\u2019s when you purposely turn off electronic devices from anywhere from a few hours to several days.\u00a0 The point is to disconnect from the artificial world of social media, electronic communication, the internet and TV &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/personal-best-newsletter\/personal-best-special-topic\/rest-from-devices\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9193321,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[127081],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-best-special-topic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paB9fc-1xY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9193321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5950"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5957,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5950\/revisions\/5957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}