Welcome To The Mindful Site
We want you to feel good about how you use the internet
It may seem ironic visiting a website to fight Internet addiction. It’s like hosting a friend’s intervention at the pub because it’s the only place in town with enough space for 10 concerned loved ones. But The Mindful Site isn’t here to turn you away from the Internet for good (as we know this is simply impossible in the digital era). Instead, we are here to help you have a healthier relationship with the Internet and its endless, tangled environment.
You have likely come here because you are unhappy with how you use this incredible technology. And whilst it is incredible technology, it is also having an increasingly negative effect on the mental and physical health of many of its users. From exacerbating conditions like body dysmorphia and insomnia to making it easier to follow pre-existing addictions like that of alcohol or gambling, the Internet is a place where you can easily fall down a dark, binary well of unhealthy information.
Perhaps you spend too much time scrolling through TikTok? Or, do you scan the newest morbid news headlines at every dull moment? Whatever your reason for being here, there are no judgments - feel free to use The Mindful Site whenever you feel the time is right.
Our mission is to promote positive online interactions
Our mission is simple: to provide you with news and insights regarding the Internet and its possible downsides. Approximately eight percent of the global population is addicted to the Internet and many of these users find themselves constantly searching for negative content. Therefully, we believe it is important to consider positive options instead of simply searching as soon our brains tell us to search.
When you come to The Mindful Site, the first thing you are invited to do is put down your device and take 10 deep breaths. If you find that this technique helps with keeping that social media scrolling or scandalous searching at bay then, awesome, you’re doing all the right things!
You can then feel free to browse our website, where you will find news and articles regarding Internet addiction and ways you can continue to curb your overuse in daily life. Because, after all, we are not here to make you ignorant of the world around you - we are simply here to help you become more in-tune with the world around you.
So, the next time you go to search your favourite “vice site” or social media platform, whatever it may be, remember that The Mindful Site is here to ask you to look up from your device, take a deep breath, and remember all the good things in your life that can’t be found in the gigantic content cacophony that is the Internet.
