Disconnecting

While insomnia may be caused by numerous factors, for many of us our lack of ability to sleep is encouraged by our increasingly hectic and constantly connected lives.

I often worry that those things that are most important to me -- spending time with my family, doing my martial arts practice -- are slowly under assault by the very gadgets that I bought to make my life easier.

Finish work, eat, slump, channel flick, sleep. Most of my evenings followed this pattern until my partner took the drastic action of cutting the plug ...

Ever have one of those days when you get from point A to point B and you're not quite sure how you got there? Okay, don't freak out, but this happens to me a lot when I'm driving by myself and thinking about all the things I have to get done when I get where I'm going.

Four years ago, almost to the week, I gave birth to my first child, a daughter. Eighteen short months later, her little brother joined us and I found ...

Do you return from vacation feeling like you need a vacation? Many Americans do. This month, Take Back Your Time (www.timeday.org) launches the Take B...

Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. ...

Workaholism is as much an addiction as those to drugs, tobacco or alcohol. Those who suffer from it crave the constant 'highs' they get from throwing ...

My husband and I have a friend who is smart, attractive, funny and very successful at his job. He is also addicted to World of Warcraft, spending sev...

As I was scanning a long list that I was adding to endlessly, I realized, "I'll never get it all done. That's probably just fine. But this endless list and this feeling of being completely scheduled...it's not working right now."

The problem with many addictions is that it can be hard to tell when a hobby has become more than just that, and taken a hold on you. It can also be h...

What do the writer Ariel Meadow Stallings, Shutdown Day 2008 and the term "Internet Sabbath" have in common? They all want you to turn off your comput...