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When people use many apps at one time, they experience Digital Fatigue.
It also occurs when you work for long time opposite screens.
Eyes are strained and mind is stressed.
Since remote learning has started and will continue for a long time, one cannot avoid digital fatigue.
Fatigue sets in our daily life also when when we do many things at the same time.
If your pace of doing work is very fast, you get tired easily.
The same applies for Virtual or online work.
The speed of the electronic gadgets is fast. Our brain tries to catch up with it and the result is fatigue.
We should not try to adjust the speed of our mind to that of a machine.
Here are a few ways to deal with digital fatigue-
➡️ Slow Down: Do not try to complete work in a short period of time.
As people are working from home, they try to finish their work fast so that they can attend to other chores. Work at a slower pace.
➡️ Plan: Before you hit the internet button and start work, plan your to do list.
Make a list of tasks on a notepad. Writing it down assures that you will remain focussed on your work. There won't be any confusions and so fatigue will be avoided.
➡️ Handy Note Pad: When you are working online, keep a notepad handy. If something pops up in your mind, write it down.
Don't act upon it immediately. Read it later on and decide it's priority based upon importance.
I keep a notepad handy when I am on Social Media. While scrolling, if I find something useful, I note it down.
Later I reflect whether it is of value and should I react to it or not.
This Technique saves time. There is no unnecessary wastage of time.
➡️ Shut Down: While working, all notifications should be off. Notifications causes distractions and distraction causes fatigue.
Digital Fatigue kills creativity and sets in procrastination.
To avoid Digital Fatigue, complete your work and move away from screens.
I started using a desktop in 1988 - the first person in the Marketing Department of M&M to get a desktop, along with wonderful software to go with it: Wordstar Professional, Lotus 123, dBase3+ and Harvard Graphics. Learnt to use all of these on my own. Have been hooked on computers since.
ReplyDeleteNow, I spend about 15 hours with my laptop every day. I know when I have digital fatigue: my eyes burn, eyesight fades and my back hurts. I occassionally resolve to take a five minute break after every 20 minutes of work. Often forget in the excitement of the work I am creating. Now, with the lock-down, and being confined to the house, I help my wife with some chores - and automatically get the brakes, I should have been taking in any case.
Madam Kesar Patel has given invaluable guidelines for overcoming digital fatigue. Its about time I follow them, if only because at the age of 76, it takes me a lot of time to recover from digital fatigue.
What I really like, is her suggestion that one should use a handy notepad. The complexity of the work I now do has greatly increased in the competency building projects I am now working on. Keeping a notepad handy to jot down new ideas, as they popup in my whirring mind, will substantially improve the quality of my output. Madam, I thank you profusely for this brilliant idea.
It's a great honour for me to have such an alaborate expression from a veteran. Well it was almost the same time that I started using the desktop.
ReplyDelete15 hours in front of a screen would really be challenging even for us. Kudos to you.
Again heartfelt thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment.
Regards and wishes.