The idea: What if we turned off the internet for two weeks?
Take a technological fast....a digital sabbatical.....
This is not the most popular challenge we have ever done...
in fact...it is quite possibly the least popular ( at least with our sons)
Mark and I have talked about the impact of technology on our family many times.
The amount of time playing video games is a hot topic....but we also notice that at night we are most likely to all be on separate devices. I know I check my email more times than I need to....because I can. And I turn on my lap top whenever I am bored.
We have tried setting limits...one internet free day a week, no internet after 9pm. This has its merits, though it also makes either Mark or I feel like the internet police. Who gets the popular job of reminding people it's time to get off?
Mark's suggestion was to try a complete fast. Go cold turkey for long enough that we get our technology habits out of our systems.
One week? Mark thought..not long enough...so we ( meaning Mark and I ) decided to try two weeks for the first experiment.
I've been doing some checking...there are people "in this sandbox"
The Creative Benefits of taking Mini-Sabbaticals from all your Various Screens
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