Mathias Lakan

  Photo by Roseanna Smith on Unsplash No one cares about their birthday anymore. 🎂🎁🎉 This is not metaphorical. This is the factual reporting of many people and… it’s really normal. Let’s talk about this. A birthday is the anniversary on when you were born . This calls for significant celebration to commemorate ones new age and growth year by year. From childhood, we’ve been brought up into the perception that birthdays are these special moments where we spend time with family and friends we cherish, converse lavish birthday wishes and greetings, throw a beautiful, more often than not chaotic, birthday parties, indulge in lots of delectable foods, and blow the candle which contains the wishes we have for our future. This idyllic fantasy and imagination makes people so excited and keen days, even weeks, before their birthday. Yet, if you look at grown up adults or developed teenagers today, prepping for that amazing event is not on their minds. More often than not, they’re still ...

(Note: This was first published on Medium back in June 24th) Introduction — Don’t get started on how dominant digital technology is on our world. Its responsible for almost every aspect of our life. Work, relaxation, entertainment, fitness, alarms, apps, videos, information, news, you name it. While being positively transformative in numerous ways, this has lead to a negative trade off which is increased screen usage. I’ve fallen victim to huge screen time use and I’ve wanted to find activates that weren’t on screens but were still just as effective for everyday tasks. One day, I was scrolling through my YouTube feed and I stumbled upon a video which particularly captivated me. The title said: Analog items that are changing my life After watching it, I wanted to give it a shot and bought some of the analogue things the video recommended. Long story short, this was one of the best decisions I’ve made as my screen time halved within the span of a month. Analog items are physical, non dig...