Lately, I've felt myself to be out of whack. My schedule has been off and I've slid into a bad habit of watching too many videos on Netflix during the kids naptime. It's one of those times when I know what the best thing is to do, but I'm just not making myself do it. What I need to do is turn off the computer, go outside, sit on the porch, and read a book or work in my garden. I need to seek peace and calm instead of avoiding the silence by losing myself in the television shows I watch. Recently, my husband suggested a book for me to read. It was Distracted by Maggie Jackson. I began reading it. This book is very different than the books I usually review. It is a sociological and at times psychological analysis of our attention span and some of our cultural habits as a people. The premise of this book is (in my words) that the rise of technology in our world is contributiong to a decline in our ability to focus and pay atten...