Please do not knock or ring doorbell. Laptop is in sleep mode.
I’m going to hold a self-imposed technology challenge. Please post comments with your feedback or tag me if you decide to take up the challenge as well. I will tag your site here if you do.
For one week, I’m going to block out two prime time hours each evening when I will not allow myself to access any of my tech equipment. These have to be hours when I would normally be found (at some point in that time span) using my cell phone / tablet / laptop / other laptop. No texting or calling. No googling or blogging. No emailing or working. Only being. Being present with myself, my family, my pets, my friends – whatever. Just NOT being with technology.
So many of us have become too connected and too accessible. We forget to enjoy actual life instead of getting lost in a virtual world of hyperconnectivity and overstimulation.
I want to do something crazy like going out to dinner with my family while my phone stays at home and pines away longingly for my return. We already have a firm no tech at the table rule, but even then, the cell is always comfortably and safely in reach…just in case. In case of what? What is it that I have to find right then on Google, Amazon, or IMDB that can’t wait a couple of hours?
It sounds so simple, but I know how I am. For me, this will be more difficult than I would like to admit. Maybe I’m alone in this sentiment, but based on what I see on the roads, in restaurants, and almost everywhere else I look, I don’t believe that I am.
Tech withdrawal updates to follow.
***MoJo***
Shalini is joining the game, too! Check out her amazing blog at the link below. She’s fabulous!!
https://bookreviewsbyshalini.wordpress.com
https://techalerter.wordpress.com
