No Internet. For anything. Not even the random question my friend and I are debating. Or yelping restaurants.
No Smartphone. I recently found my old dumb phone, so, I wanted to switch over to that, but my sim card is not liking it. So, I will be technically be using my smartphone, but only for original phone abilities (i.e. calls). I need to communicate with people so that's allowed.
No TV. This includes netflix, hulu, and all other TV-like things.
No Computer. Most of the above would include this, but this is a rule too.
No Radio/Music. Even in the car
Electronic Things that are OK:
Household appliances. I'm not giving up electricity here.
Kindle. all my books are on there, so what would I read.
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Here is what I learned: I am way too attached to my phone. I use it to store a lot of information, including random tidbits that make all my stories sound much better. I was excited to be able to wikipedia random things in the car this afternoon. But really, it was pretty nice. I realized that emails and texts could wait. There was nothing (this weekend at least) that would have required my immediate attention. But also, my friends text me, and I do care about them. So sorry on the delay there. We just aren't a phone-talking generation anymore.
Mostly, the biggest thing I learned, is that I am lonelier plugged in. Being unplugged forced me to get out; to accomplish things, and mostly just be. Sometimes I spend my time online wishing for something different or finding things I should, make, do or be, but not actually doing any of them. Instead, I got to do some of those things. I got to read a book. I got to be with family. I got to be me.
I will not be unplugging to this same extent in the future, but I will definitely be limiting my screen time.
I like this one. I was thinking this upcoming weekend would be a good weekend for you to do it until I read the part about no music in the car...
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