 What's up guys welcome back to the art of charm today? We are outside and it's not quite as sunny and beautiful as it normally is in LA unfortunately Still we've been stuck inside way too much lately making videos growing the company and plus those podcasts We obviously love doing the podcast, but sitting in studio for four hours Surrounded by all of that technology has been making us a little stir crazy It's not just us though everyone I feel either has their faces glued to some sort of screen whether it's their phone television computer These devices are supposed to help you connect, but they're actually ending up making us feel lonely and What's worse is when you finally do have that opportunity to connect with someone we go straight back to our phones We're self-medicating this technology has given us an excuse to get in touch with our friends So we don't have to get to know our neighbors. Yeah, it's almost like Of course you Want me doing videos? you guys on YouTube All right. Yeah, it sounds good. All right We're becoming slaves to technology one minute We are both connected to hundreds of thousands of people across the world and at the same time We are left feeling empty and alone. I recently found myself a slave to notifications on my phone Those little red circles with numbers. I was constantly checking my phone inbox messages miss calls and I was using my phone as an alarm clock So every single morning those notifications were hitting me giving me stress So what I did to simply digitally detox was I moved all of my chargers into the living room meaning None of my devices make it into the bedroom to charge any longer Actually have a nifty little analog alarm clock as well And that's how I wake up in the morning simple easy way to digitally detox. What about social media addiction? Well, I'm glad you asked Johnny I've also eradicated my Facebook newsfeed simple plugins for Chrome Allow you to wipe away that newsfeed that we can find hours just surfing endlessly articles pictures all of that nonsense So now I focus on using Facebook to message and interact in groups But I don't have to sift through the newsfeed every day Tristan Harris coined it the attention economy, which is what all the large tech companies are looking for ways of getting more of your attention and they've brought out the best people the best scientists to do research to Understand what keeps you on those sites longer? It's something that we have to bring to your conscious mind so we can keep ourselves from spending too much time and getting sucked in to the distraction trap Understanding the attention economy Allows you to take a step back and realize where are you putting your attention? Are you falling into this trap that Silicon Valley is set for us with the best engineers fighting for our attention? Or are you like me and Johnny sitting outside enjoying real life and stepping away from your social media and digital addiction? The solution is simple right get outside get off the computer meet up with people in real life or I RL But AJ I have our own way of digital detox. Oh, yeah, that's right Johnny We're gonna show you guys how to digitally detox AOC style We digitally detox here at AOC we want to hear from you. Do you have any tips on how to digitally detox? Double's putting down that phone. Thanks guys