{"id":522,"date":"2011-02-25T02:13:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T08:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shawnbakken.net\/?p=522"},"modified":"2011-03-01T01:34:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T07:34:10","slug":"time-to-unplug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shawnbakken.net\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"Time to unplug"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is something I was inspired to do months ago, but never got around to it for various reasons (the most frequent one being I didn’t really<\/i> want to). Blame it on the friend who sent me a link to this webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My reliance on technology isn’t as extreme as some people’s, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to spend hours at a time staring at my laptop. I’ve found myself doing that more and more frequently these days, so it’s time to step back and take a breather.<\/p>\n

I was tempted to add a video to this blog entry according to the unplugging challenge, but this way, I don’t need to worry about getting it right in a single take. (Seriously, this would be a problem for me—if I started babbling or stammering, I’d want to do it over again.) Instead, I’m making a list, checking it twice, finding out which kinds of tech are naughty or nice…<\/p>\n

The big sacrifice will be no computers. (I don’t have Internet access or free texting on my phone, so that won’t be an issue. If I don’t answer the phone and don’t return your call, this experiment is probably why. Or maybe I just don’t want to talk to you.) I might<\/i> check my e-mail once or twice, but beyond that…<\/p>\n

Twitter? Poof.
\nFacebook? Nope.
\nYouTube? Nada.
\nInternet porn? Wait… I’m giving up Internet porn?! Shit.<\/p>\n

I’ll probably stick with this over the weekend and see if I get twitchy and break into a sweat at random times, but I picked that amount of time primarily because my class at Augsburg is working in the computer lab now and I’d rather not lose points for the sake of an experiment.<\/p>\n

So I better use my technology well for the next couple hours because once I turn my laptop off, it’ll be off for a while. I’m sure it won’t get too lonely—hopefully, I won’t, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is something I was inspired to do months ago, but never got around to it for various reasons (the most frequent one being I didn’t really want to). Blame it on the friend who sent me a link to this webpage. My reliance on technology isn’t as extreme as some people’s, but that doesn’t … <\/p>\n

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