Life Tech Balance Digital Detox Social Media Web Addiction Crowdfund Launched

Nov 3, 2017

TEDx speaker and ex-senior digital marketer Anastasia Dedyukhina has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help people manage their tech more effectively. Homo Distractus can ensure readers improve their tech/life balance.

London, United Kingdom - November 2, 2017 /PressCable/ —

A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched for Homo Distractus, a new book to help readers to reclaim their time, attention and choices in digital world, so that they can manage technology rather than be managed by it.

More information can be found at: igg.me/at/homodistractus.

Showcasing the benefits of digital detox and better time management, the book can help readers manage their lives more effectively. It emphasizes the power of finding the right balance between online and offline lives.

Launched by Anastasia Dedyukhina, a former senior international digital marketer and TEDx speaker, who gave up her smartphone, it preaches the importance of managing tech, rather than letting tech manage the user.

Today people have become increasingly and unnecessarily dependent on technology without realising it. According to one BCG study, half of young people check their devices in the middle of the night.

While technology can be a useful tool, its overuse makes people unproductive and distracted. Nearly 60% of work interruptions today involve emails, social networks and text messaging.

Various studies suggest that people now perform 85 to 221 actions on their smartphones every day, or check it between every 4 to 10 minutes of they time they don’t sleep. Many people claim that they feel stressed about information streams they have to deal with and find it difficult to unplug.

“Homo Distractus aims to help people stay focused, and not get distracted online. As part of the book launch campaign, we have created the first website that forces you to take a break and focus, http://homodistractus.com. We aim to raise awareness about how much time people waste on mindless browsing and get them feel empowered to make their own choices”, said Anastasia Dedyukhina.

Full details can be found on the URL above, and additional information is available at: http://homodistractus.com.

Contact Info:
Name: Anastasia Dedyukhina
Organization: Consciously Digital
Address: WeWork Paddington, 2 Eastbourne Terrace, London, England W2 6LG, United Kingdom

For more information, please visit http://www.homodistractus.com

Source: PressCable

Release ID: 259493

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