Does your heart flutter when you see the flashing red light on your BlackBerry?Do you feel guilty if you haven''t recently updated your blog? Is the first thing you do when you get home from a holiday to upload your photos to Facebook?Technology is increasingly taking over our lives and with so much available to us, it''s easy to surrender control to it. Our digital lifestyles are more of a weight on our shoulders than we know - many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out--or retreat--to the virtual world every few minutes, or even every few seconds.It''s time for a digital detox.Daniel Sieberg''s 4-step, 28-day plan will get you started straight away. It isn''t about cutting out technology all together, but about taking a step back and reincorporating it in a healthier way.Step 1//Re: Think:Consider how technology has overwhelmed our society and the effect it''s had on your physical, mental, and emotional health.Step 2//Re: Boot:Take stock of your digital intake using Sieberg''s Virtual Weight Index and step back from the device.Step 3//Re: Connect:Focus on restoring the relationships that have been harmed by the technology in your life.Step 4//Re: Vitalize:Learn how to live with technology-the healthy way, by optimizing your time spent e-mailing, texting, on Facebook, and web surfing.The Digital Diet will help you to take control back of our life, find time for real friends and most importantly, make technology work for you... not the other way around.

We all know someone who needs a digital diet. Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction. Many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out—or retreat—to the virtual world every few minutes. Science and technology reporter and recovering digital addict Daniel Sieberg has devised a foolproof 4-step plan to help you regain control, focus, and true connection in your life. Step 1//Re: Think: Consider how technology has overwhelmed our society and the effect it’s had on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Step 2//Re: Boot: Take stock of your digital intake using Sieberg’s Virtual Weight Index and step back from the device. Step 3//Re: Connect: Focus on restoring the relationships that have been harmed by the technology in your life.   Step 4//Re: Vitalize: Learn how to live with technology—the healthy way, by optimizing your time spent e-mailing, texting, on Facebook, and web surfing. This program will enable families to communicate better, employees to be more productive, and friends to stay in touch. Sieberg teaches us how to manage and use the technology in our lives to our advantage, without letting it control us.

Does your heart flutter when you see the flashing red light on your BlackBerry?Do you feel guilty if you haven''t recently updated your blog? Is the first thing you do when you get home from a holiday to upload your photos to Facebook?Technology is increasingly taking over our lives and with so much available to us, it''s easy to surrender control to it. Our digital lifestyles are more of a weight on our shoulders than we know - many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out--or retreat--to the virtual world every few minutes, or even every few seconds.It''s time for a digital detox.Daniel Sieberg''s 4-step, 28-day plan will get you started straight away. It isn''t about cutting out technology all together, but about taking a step back and reincorporating it in a healthier way.Step 1//Re: Think:Consider how technology has overwhelmed our society and the effect it''s had on your physical, mental, and emotional health.Step 2//Re: Boot:Take stock of your digital intake using Sieberg''s Virtual Weight Index and step back from the device.Step 3//Re: Connect:Focus on restoring the relationships that have been harmed by the technology in your life.Step 4//Re: Vitalize:Learn how to live with technology-the healthy way, by optimizing your time spent e-mailing, texting, on Facebook, and web surfing.The Digital Diet will help you to take control back of our life, find time for real friends and most importantly, make technology work for you... not the other way around.

We all know someone who needs a digital diet. Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction. Many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out—or retreat—to the virtual world every few minutes. Science and technology reporter and recovering digital addict Daniel Sieberg has devised a foolproof 4-step plan to help you regain control, focus, and true connection in your life. Step 1//Re: Think: Consider how technology has overwhelmed our society and the effect it’s had on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Step 2//Re: Boot: Take stock of your digital intake using Sieberg’s Virtual Weight Index and step back from the device. Step 3//Re: Connect: Focus on restoring the relationships that have been harmed by the technology in your life.   Step 4//Re: Vitalize: Learn how to live with technology—the healthy way, by optimizing your time spent e-mailing, texting, on Facebook, and web surfing. This program will enable families to communicate better, employees to be more productive, and friends to stay in touch. Sieberg teaches us how to manage and use the technology in our lives to our advantage, without letting it control us.