Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully In The Digital Age
There’s no denying it, we live in a digital age. This is truer than ever before now that we have had to rethink the way we do business, see friends and family, and participate in social events in a semi-post pandemic society. As much as technology has allowed us to stay productive and connected, it also takes its toll on both mental and physical well-being. For example, our article called Family Ties explains the importance of spending time with others in person and having face-to-face interactions with others. So we asked ourselves, how do we navigate living in this day-and-age without becoming completely overwhelmed or experience digital burnout? And that’s when we discovered Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully In The Digital Age by author Christina Crook. Let us just say this read is 10/10 on the savvy scale and we can’t recommend it enough. Reading this showed us how a few simple shifts in thinking can eliminate digital stress and reconnect us to the real world and give greater meaning to our lives.
The author, Christina Crook, is a pioneer and leading voice in the field of digital well-being. As the author of the award-winning book The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World and the leader of the global #JOMO movement, Good Burdens continues to help those hoping to transform their digital stress into digital mindfulness.
I can personally say COVID-19 has affected my online presence. From commuting to work and seeing people in person everyday to working entirely remote and having days where I don’t ever leave my apartment, I did not even realize the impact that shift was having on my mental health. Good Burdens helped me reconnect with my “good burdens”, or activities that while challenging on some level, actually make us greater! For example, I am an 8 time marathon finisher, and I found myself living without that good burden of training in my life, replaced instead with time spent on my computer or phone as a means of distraction. This book’s step by step tips and insights for readers allowed me to realize this and provided tips on how to regain and increase intentionality in my day to day life.
Each chapter in Good Burdens offers up a series of practical, research-based “quests” to gently guide readers to reclaim joy by unplugging from toxic influences, and retake decision-making power over their time and emotional energy. I mean, Harper’s Bazaar didn’t refer to Christina as “the Marie Kondo of digital” for nothing!
So if you are looking for a savvy way to consciously and intentionally unplug and reconnect to the “good burdens” that bring you happiness, check out Good Burdens! You won’t be disappointed. Get your copy today here and let us know the “good burdens” you discover in the comments below!
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Christina Crook, Author of Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully In The Digital Age
