Category: Embracing Digital Minimalism

When my children were young, I consulted a lot of parenting books and magazines looking for help. On the subject of character building, I latched onto a particularly useful and memorable piece of advice.  “Try to do a good deed every day,” I instructed Lilly and her younger brother Jay, parroting an article I’d read…

Like everyone else on the planet, I need a respite from the noise of the Internet. What if digital technology offered a path to tranquility? Would I be violating my commitment to digital minimalism? Not if it adds value to my life.  Not everything about technology is necessarily negative. There can be positives too. The…

The only certainty is uncertainty. As The Expat Expert, I used to commiserate a lot with other expat wives over those five words. Like me, they were never sure where in the world their husband’s career might take them next. Nor did they know when they might be moving, at least not until their partner told them.  That lack of control…

Wouldn’t it be perfect if human bodies had a factory reset switch? Turn it and marvel as unwanted pounds, products of our perennial season of over-indulgence, disappear. Hit it again and digital addiction never existed. I discovered a reasonable facsimile of that switch exists in all of us. Here’s what happened.             While fighting cabina fever during Costa…

Just go with the flow. That’s not bad advice right about now. It could even help someone get out of bed in the morning. In the category of words that drive me nuts though, with or without an unravelling world, they can be crazy-making. So is this:  Calm down, Robin.  Both expressions have been aimed…