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11 Proven Ways to Overcome Zoom Fatigue

A helpful guide for contemporary humans. For many of us (adults and kids alike), our daily screen time has increased exponentially as video conferencing has become the "new normal" for work, remote learning, fitness classes, social connections with friends and family, and even worship services.  Video calls can amplify already existing stressors, zapping our energy, and exhausting our bodies. They demand more mental processing than talking face-to-face. Our brains have to work harder to read people. And we’re overstimulated, processing visual cues from all of the people we can see online while often simultaneously checking email or scrolling Facebook. Eyestrain from screen staring contributes to tension headaches. Long-term sitting gives us an achy low back and sleepy butt, while poor posture from rounding our shoulders restricts our breath...