digital overload

Today I read this list in the Ensign:

10 Signs of Digital Overload

1. Slipping away from activities with people to check e-mail or social networking sites.
   
2. Checking the same sites repeatedly within a short period of time.
3. Spending little time outside.
4. Finding it hard to complete a task such as writing a report without frequently breaking away to check e-mail or unrelated websites.
5. Spending little time in face-to-face interactions with friends.
6. Going online or using a digital device when you feel stressed or want to avoid an unpleasant task.
7. Family members spending most of their time at home in separate rooms interacting with screens.
8. Frequently using digital devices to entertain a child instead of talking, singing, playing, or reading with him or her.
9. Checking the computer first thing in the morning, or getting up during the night to use digital devices.
10. Spending long stretches of time surfing for content, often viewing content that is inappropriate or borderline.

I see far too many of those signs in my own life. Not that you would know it from my blog, right? I haven't been posting on here but I definitely haven't been away from technology. I've been reading lots of blogs, checking email far too often, looking at Facebook, pinning on Pinterest, playing games on my iPad, and watching TV (Downton Abbey, anyone?). Well, I consider myself called to repentance by the Ensign. I need to rethink screen time for both myself and my children. I could never give up screen time altogether. Technology is far too awesome for that. Still I think we could all use stricter limits.