This is the age

of the half-read page

The quick hash

And the mad dash

The bright night

And the nerves tight

The plane hop

And the brief stop

The lamp tan

In a short span

The big shot

In a good spot

The brain strain

And the heart pain

The cat naps

‘Til the spring snaps

And the fun’s done.

–Virginia Brasier, “Rat Race,” The New Yorker, November 23, 1957

Life in 1957 included no email, cell phones, or digital tablets. Two-career households were not the norm. If life was a rat race then, what term would you use now to describe our frenetic lives?

Michael Hyatt suggests some positive disciplines to unwind our digital selves.

1.The discipline of rest.

2.The discipline of reflection.

3.The discipline of reading.

4.The discipline of relationships.

5.The discipline of recreation.