This presentation inspires audiences to unplug, step outside and embrace inconvenience. Too often, especially in today’s world of screen-induced conveniences, we’re finding it more difficult to escape our comfort zones, relying on the usual dodges – too cold, too hot, too early, too late, too far, too daunting, too old, too young, no WiFi – to keep us sitting, viewing rather than doing, going through the motions and treating life like a cheap approximation. 

I, through my own screen-struggle story that belied my outdoor-centric lifestyle deep in the Colorado Rockies, remind audiences that on the backside of an inconvenience lies a memory, an experience, a possible once-in-a-lifetime moment that enriches our days and colors our lives.

Main Take-Away Points for Audiences:

• Grasp how cell phones are appropriately named by the manner in which       they easily keep us locked in our comfort zones.

• Understanding, through studies and research, on the benefits, mental             and physical, of unplugging and getting outside.

• Insight on how to better utilize our 5-9 hours, our non-working time,                 pushing our comfort zone boundaries.

• The realization that just about every five-star memory in our own lives begins as an inconvenience, a departure from their comfort zones. 

•          Tips on how to curb screen checking compulsions.