Unplugging
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It's a good idea but tough to do. When I'm at home, I always plug in, to keep my mind distracted. It's easier to unplug if I'm out of the house. Good examples would be, walking at the park, or going to the beach. In other words, being in places where technology isn't so easily available or necessary.
I don't carry a phone with me unless I'm out of the house. In the house, I'll only check the texts/emails/calls after meals.
My 2-3hr delay in responding completely gets up some people's noses. I just refuse have unscheduled interruptions.
My 2-3hr delay in responding completely gets up some people's noses. I just refuse have unscheduled interruptions.
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Yes. I think unplugging is crucial to finding and loving our self within.
Your idea of no electronics around while eating your meal is an excellent way to learn the value of unplugging. Eating a meal affords an opportunity to practice mindfulness and being in the Now.
It does help to unplug at mealtimes, also during contemplative times. I might be better off to unplug most of the time.
Unplugging is very much a need for me on a daily basis. Just as I can easily get overwhelmed and need to withdraw, unplugging allows the same withdraw and recharge that I need. I have a rule for meal times with the fam, no cell phones at the table, no tablets, no tv on in the background, etc. It gives us a chance to touch base with one another and to do this new fangled thing humans should catch on to... converse. But I find that having some quiet time without electronic distractions helps me to either stay grounded, or to let my brain run free, both of which are exceedingly beneficial to my sanity.
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At school, it's impossible to unplug. At a typical table, there will be people snapchatting, people frantically writing their essays due in a few hours, and people watching cat videos. Conversations are consequently fragmented and superficial.
I think it's a great idea to unplug, but I think the extent to which you will unplug will depend on your environment. How necessary are electronics to your continued functioning in your environment? For example, if I unplugged at school, I would fall helplessly behind. That may not be the case for you.
I think it's a great idea to unplug, but I think the extent to which you will unplug will depend on your environment. How necessary are electronics to your continued functioning in your environment? For example, if I unplugged at school, I would fall helplessly behind. That may not be the case for you.
I agree with you. Sometimes even though you may want to, you simply can't. For me, being able to escape into nature, whether that's a walk on the beach, or in a park, or somewhere where I can feel the breeze on my face and the hear the birds over the constant stream of noise that the city brings, is more than enough to unplug. Even twenty minutes is beneficial. The longest I've gone would be about a week when I went camping. And playing catch-up afterwards wasn't all that fun and made unplugging for so long not really worth it.
I was just reading about IAD (internet addiction disease). I didn't know there was such a thing. Apparently it has or is in the process of becoming a diagnosable psychological disorder.
Have they found any physiological or physical problems associated with computer and/or Internet use? I'm sure carpal tunnel is one. I read about a woman who never did anything with her arms except type on a computer. She ended up with two frozen shoulders.
I unplug off and on throughout the day, but considering the fact that electronic devices are so much a part of everyday life, I was thinking about making more of a conscious effort to unplug.
Have they found any physiological or physical problems associated with computer and/or Internet use? I'm sure carpal tunnel is one. I read about a woman who never did anything with her arms except type on a computer. She ended up with two frozen shoulders.
I unplug off and on throughout the day, but considering the fact that electronic devices are so much a part of everyday life, I was thinking about making more of a conscious effort to unplug.
We live in a really noisy electronic world. It's exhausting to me after a day of immersion. I used to come home and switch on the tv for company or background noise, but it just seemed that work tension followed me home, that the stress just picked up where it left off.
When I get home now, I don’t turn on the news or go online .. My phone is still on silent mode from being at the office. I don’t even turn on music (I just listened to music in the car for an hour)… I just jump in the shower, put on comfies and do some yoga, then make dinner in complete and perfect silence. In those hours of blessed quiet, I have found that am prone to epiphany -- I notice my thoughts unravel and begin to organize and wrap around significant meaning.
When husband gets home around two hours later, the tv comes on, but by then I am completely relaxed and centered, focused and content. It’s nice
When I get home now, I don’t turn on the news or go online .. My phone is still on silent mode from being at the office. I don’t even turn on music (I just listened to music in the car for an hour)… I just jump in the shower, put on comfies and do some yoga, then make dinner in complete and perfect silence. In those hours of blessed quiet, I have found that am prone to epiphany -- I notice my thoughts unravel and begin to organize and wrap around significant meaning.
When husband gets home around two hours later, the tv comes on, but by then I am completely relaxed and centered, focused and content. It’s nice
"Snapchat" ... it just sounds painful. it makes me picture little bear traps with tiny pointy teeth that snap at fingers
This is standard at our house, along with making dinner and eating at the same time (as much as possible) the kids mock me and say, "see were stayin off drugs dad"
Yeah, I run around our cross-country course to unwind, but I can't really manage any more than that. And even then, I'm listening to classical music on my iPhone, so how is that truly unplugging?
"Snapchat" ... it just sounds painful. it makes me picture little bear traps with tiny pointy teeth that snap at fingers
Snapchat may as well be a bear trap. It's a ghost that haunts your waking hours until you have a 102 streak with your friend who might be your close friend but maybe not, and you look up at the clock and realize you really have not done anything with your day besides be consumed by this app.
So yeah.
Tablets annoy me to no end, never could use one. I use my broken iphone, with mostly instant messaging and groups of friends to fool around. Facebook turned tedious and boring, and when i closed my account i felt like i was quitting a Big Brother'esque kind of program, that Zuckerberg kiddo seems to have some complexes... Aside from that, netflix was alright sometimes, but i'm pretty unplugged overall. I can do half of the things with my laptop from about 7 years than most people can do, no video games as i did before. It crashes continually. I listen to a lot of music which probably makes for more than half of my time on the internet.
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Well, I find it important to unplug. For example I don't browse my phone when eating, being in toilet (lol) or when talking with others in real life since nothing is more annoying than zombies silently browsing their gadgets in the company of others and never say even one word, like why to meet each other then? o.o But I do admit that I check social media in the bed before sleeping, though. I hardly ever use my phone, maybe only once or twice in a day for few seconds; only for Facebook, taking photos, listening music, reading emails, text messages and phone calls. Most used for me is computer, I guess it's for many. I just want to be in my own lovely introverted space at home without constantly using all the possible gadgets, lol.
I hardly ever use my phone, maybe only once or twice in a day for few seconds; only for Facebook, taking photos, listening music, reading emails, text messages and phone calls. Most used for me is computer, I guess it's for many. I just want to be in my own lovely introverted space at home without constantly using all the possible gadgets, lol.
Unfortunately, I realise rarely never...
Even when I go for walks or long train rides, I plug into music...
Good thing there's so many ways to experience "being plugged in" these days
Even when I go for walks or long train rides, I plug into music...
Good thing there's so many ways to experience "being plugged in" these days