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Turn Off Those Gadgets to Clear Your Mind!

 
Constantly texting or checking your email when you have a free sec? Ya might want to think again, girl. A recent article in The New York Times suggested that endless multi-tasking and screen time might interfere with your brain's ability to fully process experiences. That means you may not learn as much as you possibly could and won't necessarily have time to dream up new ideas-eek!

Here are three times we think you should totally power down:

1. At the dinner table
Make a point to strike up convo with your co-diners, not the folks on the other side of your cell. You'll enjoy your meal more and get to truly interact with your family and those around you.

2. On the occasional run or walk
We know it can be brutal to pound the pavement without your iPod. But giving your brain a breather in nature will actually help you learn better. Plus, it's super-relaxing and will feel totally refreshing not to feel tethered.

3. When you have an hour to do nothing
It rarely happens, right? Instead of filling that free time with mindless surfing on the web, go gadgetless for a li'l while. Take a sec to let things unfold IRL. Maybe you'll get into a game of pickup basketball with your neighbors or unearth that beading project you started at camp. See where life takes ya-you never know what you might stumble upon!

BY KATIE ABBONDANZA ON 8/27/2010 12:28:00 PM

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i am so bad about checking my phone that my bffs probably get so annoyed

by dogluver82 on 9/6/2010 10:01:48 PM

 
 

MODMODMODMODMODMODMODMODMODMODMOD!!! I have a friend who texts constantly on her cell when we hang out. I hardly ever get to see her since we go to different schools. I'll tell her to please stop but she doesn't she just says that she's not texting "them" they're texting her, so she's "obliged" to text back. I've said this in front of her mom, but her mom does nothing about it. I'm beginning to think my friend is addicted to her cell and that her mom is way to lenient with her daughter. What to do?

 

 

Hey chica! It's totally understandable that you're frusterated. Anyone would be! If she's not listening when you talk, why not try doing the exact same thing to her? Every time she tried to tell you a story, text someone else on your phone. Eventually, she should get frusterated, and then you can tell her that that's how she makes you feel.

xxx

Becca G.

by Browniej12 on 9/5/2010 8:35:48 PM

 
 

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by club_hot_topic on 9/4/2010 12:26:08 PM

 
 

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Come to my profile I will answer your question ASAP! I will post answers to your profile, and if its not publicly visible, to mine. I love to give advice and am happy to help!

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by chicka678 on 9/3/2010 12:59:48 PM

 
 

Hey Girlies! Need advice on:
> Boys
> Fashion
> School
> Friends
> Family
> Makeup
> Puberty
> Fights
> Hair
> Music (Piano, violin, viola, cello, and singing)
> Figure Skating
> Parties
> Mean girls
> And Anything else you can think of!

Come to my profile I will answer your question ASAP! I love to give advice and am happy to help!

Love,
~Megan~

by chicka678 on 9/2/2010 2:25:25 PM

 
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