The National Incubation Center Peshawar has held a session called Mind Reboot that placed digital wellbeing at the center of the conversation, asking participants a simple question: always connected, but when did we last pause? The session invited those in attendance to reflect on their screen habits, make room for meaningful breaks, and be more intentional about how they use technology. In a community built around creating technology businesses, the topic stands out, since the people building digital products are often the ones most tied to their screens, and the center chose to dedicate an event to stepping back from them.
The session was described as one dedicated to pausing, resetting, and reconnecting with ourselves, and the center shared a few glimpses from the event to show the mood in the room. Rather than treating technology as the problem, the focus was on awareness and balance, encouraging participants to notice when constant notifications, messages, and long hours online begin to crowd out rest, focus, and personal connection. For founders and early stage teams, who commonly work long and irregular hours, learning to set limits on screen time can have a direct effect on concentration, creativity, and the quality of decisions made under pressure.
Digital wellbeing has become a growing concern across workplaces and universities, as more of daily life, from work and study to shopping and socializing, moves onto phones and laptops. The always connected habit can blur the line between work and rest, and it can leave people feeling stretched even when they are not actively working. By bringing the subject into an incubation setting, the National Incubation Center Peshawar signaled that the health of the people behind a startup matters alongside the growth of the business itself. A session of this kind gives participants a shared space to talk about habits they often manage alone, and it encourages them to bring small changes back to their teams and routines.
The National Incubation Center Peshawar is funded by Ignite and the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, and it supports startups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through mentorship, training, and community events. Programs like Mind Reboot sit alongside its business focused activities as a reminder that building a company is a long effort that depends on energy and clarity as much as on ideas and funding. The center’s message to participants was a practical one: be intentional about the technology you use, take breaks that actually let you recover, and treat time away from the screen as part of the work rather than a loss of it.
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