January 4, 2010 – Richmond Times-Dispatch – Richmond, Virginia, US
The last thing Jen Towner does before going to bed is log into her Facebook page.
The first thing she does after waking up is virtually check in with her friends again.
She keeps her page up and active all day, every day. It’s a ritual, and Towner makes no apologies for it.
No one is getting hurt, so what’s the big deal? Right?
Well, the big deal is that they aren’t really hobbies – they’re addictions. Soft addictions.
The term, coined in 1991 by author, life coach and lifestyles expert Judith Wright, refers to any seemingly harmless activity that is, in some way, detrimental to the way we live.
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