Cutting off electronic tethers, etc.
Could you really cut yourself off from outside contact via any computer, tv, cell phone, ipod, radio and simply live with sounds of the environment around you (man-made or natural sounds) and be by yourself or with just your family/housemate(s)? Cut yourself off from all these devices..
And how long?
If you give me a pile of books and a bike that fits me, I would be happy for a few weeks. But then someone might phone us...on the land line.
I have a collection of CDs which I haven't listened to anything since Christmas (I forget), don't have ipod nor do we turn on radio. So the audio thing is not big for me. Don't have a cell phone, Blackberry, not yet on facebook nor twitter. We have tv but then I've lived without tv prior for many years.
It's the computer and no access to the Internet that might bug me after a few wks.
I was forced into social networking pages over the weekend...
Seems the opposite thing to do. Because of being a club president, and the certain actions of one of the well meaning members, done in the name of the club, I had to very quickly come up to speed (or at least get introduced to) the social networking forums. This took a long distance phone call to my 16 yr old nephew to talk me through it! The lad did very well, telling me what to skip over to get registered, and once I had a home page, what would be on it.
I still have the club issues to deal with at our meeting tuesday, and I don't know how much time I'll spend on FB but I'm there.
I want to
turn
the
computer
OFF.
(except for time on TE of course!)