Yesterday, Sunday, I took a break and disconnected. Other than turning on my laptop for five-minutes to print something my husband absulutely needed yesterday, I did just what I said I would.
No computer, no email, no Twitter.
It was easier than I thought it would be.
Mainly because disconnecting doesn’t mean doing nothing.
I read a new book I will be reviewing on Thursday. I played with the ideas in the book, made a few notes and sketched out the review.
I bought a new notebook, one made from recycled fiber instead of new trees, 6×8 instead of 8×12, a cover with flowers instead of just plain and I wrote in it using a green ink pen instead of my standard purple. I wrote long hand all day. The changes felt good.
And, while writing I contemplated a lot of new ideas, ideas for me, for you and for The Dreaming Cafe. Most are still just thoughts and notes. But, we’ll see where they go.
Three weeks? That was great!
I just wrote about ‘Spending Time, Finding Time” a few weeks ago in The Dreaming Cafe’s weekly message. The average family spends 151 hours (that’s over 7-days) per month watching TV or using the computer.
I really believe that ‘disconnecting’ periodically or every day is good for all of us.
I like your idea, ‘disconnect to reconnect’. Thanks!
In December, we disconnected for three week – no computer or TV. It was a great time. I’m going to start disconnecting every weekend. I think we need that down time, away from the information overload, to really reconnect.
~Tara
Thanks, Ken. I am not familiar with ‘Billy Collins’ Sailing Alone Around the Room’. I’ll have to check it out. How was the ‘pub’ writing? I get distracted very easily in public places.
Sounds like you and I had similar Sundays. I left the house for my getaway. I took a copy of Billy Collins’ Sailing Alone Around the Room and a notebook and went to a local pub and wrote for three hours. It was an experiment in not feeling weird by myself in a public place with pen and paper.
Love what you’re doing here.