At the beginning of summer, I had posted on Facebook how I wanted to have a "disconnected" weekend. I felt like I was too absorbed by being "connected" all the time. Every day I go to work and stare at a computer screen with occasional staring at my iPhone to check up on my social media outlets. Then I come home and stare at my desktop computer and/or laptop and be on Facebook (and now Twitter) like all the time. Haha, so at the beginning of summer I realized that I yearned for distancing myself away from the "connected" world...
I didn't do it til just this past weekend since I was busy with church-related happenings every weekend and a family vacation in there too.
So what became of my renunciation of Internet, computer, smart phone, TV, and GPS? ...It felt...refreshing. I was undoubtedly tempted to turn on my devices but meh--constant vigilance! I stayed strong! You know what I did instead? Haha, I worked on painting the house, finished a book I was reading, did some Catholic reading, spent time with my dog, took lots of naps, worked on a model plane, cleaned my room some, shot my bow, bust out my clarinet in play (first time in a long while!) and got a lot of various errands done. Needless to say, this was probably my most productive weekend in a long while! Plus it was cool for me to do fun things that didn't require a plug or wi-fi!
...Now that I'm back...I'm playing catch up since a lot can happen on Facebook in a weekend x_x ... and blogging about my weekend "disconnection."
I recommend giving up being "connected" for a little while. It's nice to get away for a little while and focus on other things. Just goes to show...we don't need our electronics luxuries to live and have fun!
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