When life gives you lemons…
Last week I had something very strange happen to me… I was without Internet for two whole days. Two. Whole Days. Let me tell you how ridiculously dependent on the Internet I am:
I couldn’t:
- read, check, or send email [I had to find out from Kevin if Colby had soccer practice or not - he had access at work.]
- use the phone (we have Internet Phone)
- use wireless on my iPhone
- read blogs on Google Reader
- write on our blog
- write on any blog!
- print out coupons or store lists
- check Facebook
- watch tv (we watch all our shows on Netflix or Hulu)
So, here are the things I did instead.
- I read books! Yes, the old adage is true – when there’s nothing to do, pick up a book. I read The Road and then started Stuff Christians Like. The differences in tone have made me bipolar. Just kidding. Sort of.
- I cleaned out closets and switched the kids’ clothes from winter to summer.
- I threw away papers in drawers that had been collecting dust for awhile.
- I compiled a large amount of items to put away in our attic.
- I organized Easter decorations and wrapped presents for Kennedy’s birthday.
- I did a lot of laundry, dishes, and otherwise cleaning.
- I “went ahead” with my Bible study – I’m doing 2 studies right now and usually I’m behind in one or both of them. [In Community Bible Study, we are studying Genesis, and in a Precepts/Inductive Bible Study we are studying James.]
- I cooked. A lot. And planned meals for the next month to 6 weeks. And froze some things to eat in that time period.
- If there was nothing else to do, I slept, although the kids try to prevent me from doing this during the day.
Did I mention that Colby was sick during one of these days? I got more accomplished at home that day than I have in any given week. He stayed on the couch and watched DVDs while his sisters went outside to jump on the trampoline. Or ride bikes down the patio stairs.
I didn’t actually make lemonade those days, but I did get to do some pretty fun and not drastically different things. Now I want to take a day out of each week and purposefully not turn on the Internet or the phone. Then it really would be drastically different.
I’m intrigued to know: Have you ever taken a break from technology before? What was it like?
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