Positive Young Minds - Psychology for children, teenagers and parents.
  • What does a child psychologist do?
  • What Can I do to Help my Child?
  • Helping you move from overwhelm to calm
  • Services
    • Counselling
    • Happiness Habits
    • Improve your wellbeing
    • Cancellation policy
  • All things parenting
  • How to talk to teens
  • What is Mindfulness?
    • For Children
    • For Teens
    • For Parents
    • Some science behind mindfulness
  • FAQ
  • Keep connected
  • Kim Dunn
  • Connection Resources

My blog - All things parenting

The benefits of switching off the internet

7/7/2018

0 Comments

 
I did it!  I switched off all internet for 5 days, and did not comment or post for another 3.
 
So how was it?
 
It was so incredibly easy.  I know, I was surprised too.  I had all this quiet.  Here are the top 9 things I discovered.

  1. The internet is incredibly noisy.  You have all the voices of the people who are writing in your head.  And you have snippets of all these voices and ideas.  This sometimes does not leave enough room for you own inner voice.
  2. Being away from all these voices made it even easier to unsubscribe, unfollow and turn off notifications when I switched back on.
  3. Social media is work, at least for me.  When I am on holidays I don’t feel a need to be on it. It’s work I tend to enjoy, but it can suck up most of my day and drain my creativity if not managed properly.
  4. When I switched back on, I was aware of a small part of me that switched back on too – and it was the worry about people judging what I put out there on social media, and the expectation on myself to ‘produce and perform’.  Interesting to observe.
  5. It was so much easier to be calm without the nagging pull of social media.  Once again, interesting to observe.
  6. Going somewhere to stay with no wifi, and not having any data, is a really easy way to jump-start the detox.
  7. Enlisting a moderator to take care of my group was essential for my piece of mind.  And I’m super pleased they are staying on to help.
  8. It was important to set up my work email and facebook pages so that people knew when I was going to return.  This reduced all pressure associated with people in a crisis trying to contact me.  I had of course, let everyone I could know what I was doing.
  9. I need more breaks!!
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    View my profile on LinkedIn

    Categories

    All
    Christmas
    Creating New Habits
    Family Dynamics
    Happiness
    Kindness
    Mindfulness
    Noticing Emotions
    Parenting
    School
    School Holidays
    Self Care
    Sleep
    Strengths

    Disclaimer

    * My aim is for these posts is meant to useful, interesting and/or inspiring. They are not designed to be used for therapy..  

    Archives

    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    August 2014
    June 2014

    RSS Feed

    Author

    Kim Dunn is a Child Psychologist and Founder of Positive Young Minds.  

    She is also a mother of 3 and knows what it feels like to be sleep deprived, confused, full of self doubt one moment and in wonder of children the next.

Location

We see face to face clients in Narre Warren.  For your convenience after hours, onsite school, and web based appointments are available.​


Phone no: 0408533515
To refer please fax to: 0390864164


Increasing connection, confidence and calm, with strategies that pass the 'mum' test."
​
Kim Dunn, Founder and Principal Psychologist at Positive Young Minds.
  • What does a child psychologist do?
  • What Can I do to Help my Child?
  • Helping you move from overwhelm to calm
  • Services
    • Counselling
    • Happiness Habits
    • Improve your wellbeing
    • Cancellation policy
  • All things parenting
  • How to talk to teens
  • What is Mindfulness?
    • For Children
    • For Teens
    • For Parents
    • Some science behind mindfulness
  • FAQ
  • Keep connected
  • Kim Dunn
  • Connection Resources