6th idea: (gadget-free) Designate certain windows of time as “gadget free.” Choose times in the day (car rides are ideal) when all electronics are turned off, even the radio. This will take discipline, but imagine the car as your safe haven and “thought incubator.” During a recent Lenten season, I gave up radio and TV, and it helped me reclaim some glorious quiet and prayer time in my car and at home. I regained my reflection time, prayed more, did more spiritual reading, and brought some balance back in my life. This last point has made a tremendous impact on my life, and has helped me grow in my Catholic faith since converting in 2006. Around the time of my conversion, a good friend gave me a beautiful leather writing journal. That thoughtful gift quickly prompted much alteration in my daily routine that I still practice today. I enjoy writing and often used to email myself article ideas or leave myself messages at work about writing topics—adding to the volumes of messages I already received. Now, I take the journal with me everywhere and find I’m reaching for it instead of my technology enablers. Writing by hand provides me a few precious moments between appointments or in the early hours of the day to gather my thoughts on a number of topics and the process has been rejuvenating. - See more at: integratedcatholiclife.org/2013/08/randy-hain-six-ideas-for-reclaiming-your-calendar/#sthash.iCaPhYOS.dpuf
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