How to Use the Mindful Internet Use Chrome Extension
On Friday morning I wrote about a Chrome extension called Mindful Internet Use that I recently added to my browser. The extension displays motivation quotes and asks thought-provoking questions whenever you access a time-wasting site like Facebook or stay on a time-wasting activity for too long. It’s an interesting alternative to just blocking yourself from […]
Mindful Internet Use – A Chrome Extension to Make You Think About Your Habits
On Thursday morning I shared a TED Talk given by Dr. Judson Brewer. The talk was about using mindfulness practices to break a bad habit. This morning I came across a Chrome extension that employs that same concept to help people break or curtail the habit of wasting time mindlessly browsing the Internet. Mindful Internet […]
Using Mindfulness to Break a Bad Habit
In this week’s Ed Tech Fitness Challenge newsletter I included the video of a TED Talk given by Dr. Judson Brewer. His talk is titled A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit. My big take-away from Dr. Brewer’s talk was the idea of thinking about why we engage in a bad habit while we’re doing […]