And there you have it. My official diagnosis: mental obesity.

MSNBC business writer has nailed all of my symptoms: scatterbrained, fried feeling, exhausted. I thought it was the absolute lack of sleep and my five children harassing me 23 of the 24 hours a day. But no, it appears as though I am spending too much time trying to take too much stuff into my brain.

The solution: turn it off.

Um, boss, does this mean I can get the week off?

All of our higher ups would probably look at us a little crazy if we requested time off to fight the extra weight on our brains, but I’m thinking they all would understand.

The article  explains that people today are too busy gathering as much information as they can without taking time to actually digest it.

I’m guessing it is a bit like being 5 years old and eating as much ice cream, as quickly as possible before mom walks in and catches you. What do you always get with a lot of cold, quick ice cream? A headache.

The solution for too much info? Walk away.

This article suggests that the world will not fall apart if we do not vigorously check our email every few minutes, update our Facebook post with each step and look over every text the moment we hear the alert. And, gasp, it is right.

Time off is good. Time away from the screen is better. After I read the article, I walked away from my computer for almost an entire day. Sure, it hurt. Absolutely, I felt like I was missing out. But by dinnertime I felt almost, free.

So I’m back in front of the screen today to tell you to give it a try too. You can email me or send me a text to know how it went. But don’t be surprised if I don’t answer right away. I may just be out, exercising my brain.