My Lessons from a Tech Detox

Technology consumed the first two decades of my adult life. Working in corporate information technology, with a niche in mobile tech, I spent nearly twenty years proliferating the “always connected” mentality. In fact, as I once explained to a Wells Fargo executive, our employees weren’t placing their laptops on their nightstand at night, they were placing their Blackberries there. We needed to tap into this resource and put the office at our fingertips.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I never intended for people to be at work all the time like we are today. My motivation for helping…