If you spend most of your working hours on a computer, chances are, you need to ‘touch grass.’ Being productive is great, but not at the expenses of your physical and mental health.<\/p>\n
‘Touching grass’ is the buzzword that is hard to avoid in tech and cryptocurrencies<\/a> circles \u2014 it means to step away from the screen, get outside into nature, and turn your mind away from work issues.<\/p>\n It can also be deployed as a mild insult \u2014 if a community member is hammering away at a team, perhaps they should go and touch grass for awhile, effectively ‘go and cool off.’<\/p>\n Unfortunately, in our always-on digital world, many people find it difficult to get outside. For instance, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA<\/a>), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors.<\/p>\n One of the main culprits for this is too much screen time, with a report by AllConnect finding that internet users spend almost seven hours online daily<\/a>, with people spending more than 40% of their waking hours looking at screens.<\/p>\n