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Take a break, Have a…

I tweeted this morning. I’ve been spending alot of time recently on video conference calls.

Yesterday, I was on my first one at 8am… then several others throughout the day, in between doing emails, etc… and then one in the evening and wrapped up around 8:30pm. Then again, this morning – back on it again… 8am start… it’s got me thinking, there’s got to be a correlation between screen time and staying indoors/pandemic.

It’s natural – the more we are at home, the more we’ll be on our devices and therefore, more ‘screen time’. But what can we do?

Honestly – take a break.

Put the device down.

Walk away.

Look out of the window.

Read a book

Get some paint and decorate.

Obviously, if you’re working from home – then make sure you schedule in plenty of breaks. Take time out of your diary to go and do something else and move away from the screen. It’s not good for the eyes. It’s not good for your mind. It’s not good for your health.

We can limit ourselves – on our devices!

I know a few people on Twitter that could do with this! LOL!

Honestly, devices have built in screen time calculators – shows you which app, how long, etc… you’ve been spending on your phone/device. But action is needed.

Pick the phone up and talk to someone, rather than text/message.

And remember – if you are suffering from body or mental health, please reach out to someone.

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Fax me the details

Now, many folk reading this blog post may not remember the old trusted Fax Machine.

Basically, you’d write something on a bit of paper. Feed it through the machine, dial a number and hey presto – the message would be printed onto paper on the other side.

It’s got a brilliant history…

Now – I was very very young when the fax machines were around – and being honest, never really got to use them. Therefore the process I mentioned above is what I think would’ve happened – any older or experienced folk – feel free to correct me.

The great thing is – technology has helped us to transmit messages so much more quickly, easily and being able to save a few trees!

That’s right – the trusted email was introduced to the masses – computers were more available and the fax machine was no longer.

Or was it….

Well, the Health Secretary in the UK has told the NHS – that they have to stop buying fax machines by March 31st 2020.

The Royal College of Surgeons estimated there’s about 8,000 fax machines being used in the NHS! 

I just can’t believe we’re using them! – let alone saying we’ve got to stop buying them!!

In this digital era we live in… there’s so many options… firstly, the trusted email…

There are so many ways to communicate… digitally! 

Yes, there’s Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, so many more… In fact, many are moving away from email and using collaboration tools such as Slack. 

In a way… I’m glad they’ve finally decided to stop buying them. Any guesses on how long before they’re using an online collboration tool?