According to Nielsen, the average social media user currently spends about six hours per month on sites like Facebook.  As we spend more time working, networking, and now socializing online, I often wonder what all this time at our computers does for our minds.

Photo of one of Rita's favorite hikes in Boulder, Colorado

The New York Times article, Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain shares a fascinating look at the way we’ve become attached (addicted?) to technology—and its possible impact on our brains.   The article stated, “The quest to understand the impact on the brain of heavy technology use — at a time when such use is exploding — is still in its early stages.”

In the end, there are no definitive conclusions on whether spending quiet time away from technology might benefit us.  I however feel a hike in nature, or a few minutes of meditation, clears my mind and allows me to be more engaged with my online friends and my work.  What do you think?

Followers, friends, I’ve spent the last several weeks absorbed in updating my ebook The Referral System How-To Guidebook For Dentists.   I vowed to treat my ebook like a living document and to update it regularly.  After all the main benefit of an ebook is the fact you can continuously enhance it.

Meanwhile I’ve launched this relationship-focused dental marketing blog site and I look forward to getting back to providing timely dental marketing tips and relevant information for you.

Are you looking for a buddy? Someone who will love you unconditionally and make you smile (see my adopted girl, Sunny, smiling here). There are millions of shelter dogs waiting for homes right now- especially in this economy! Please check out your local shelter. There are typically many ways to help – even if adoption or donation is not an option for you right now- consider volunteering. Thanks for visiting us and listening!