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From Good Intention to Lasting Habit

By: David Werdiger
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Oct 16
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A friend of mine, who is a personal trainer, once tried to take weekly tech breaks. However, after three weeks, he gave up.

It reminded me why people hire personal trainers: not because they can’t exercise, but because sticking with it alone is hard.

Unplugging is the same. We can’t expect to master the pause overnight. It takes support, structure, and practice.

That’s why I’ve been developing programs to guide people on their journey. Because taking a pause from technology isn’t just a nice idea – it’s a discipline. And like any discipline, accountability makes all the difference.

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What would you pay to have more time with your loved ones?

How about … your attention.

I created the Family Time Pact to help families set shared expectations around devices, so time together isn’t constantly interrupted.

When everyone knows when screens are put away,

What's your strategy for your time?

I pondered that question for years.

I had habits. I had a Sabbath practice that gave me one day a week of real structure. But a time strategy? That, I didn't have.

So I spent the last several months building something to close that gap.

Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere.

Do you manage your time like a hamster wheel or do you put a training program in place and find time to rest?

There's a scene in "Mad Men" where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of talking about beaches, he talks about becoming someone else. Not a version of himself with better tan lines and a Mai Tai. A different person. One who, for a few days, didn't miss

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