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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Breaking Up Is Good To Do

Sometimes the most ridiculous goals are the healthiest.

I set a 101 goal to "break up" with the internet for 10 evenings. Little did I know how challenging that would be. We've definitely become an "I've got to know it now" society.

Before I realized it, most evenings I was doing a quick google search. Or verifying restaurant hours. Or planning our next trip. Or visiting my friend's Facebook pages. {Or blogging!}

Breaking up was definitely something I needed to do.

Finally, this weekend - more than a year into my 101 list project - I stayed away from the internet for a 10th evening.

Do you know what I discovered? It's fun to talk to my husband, to pet the kitties, to cook or to read instead of surfing. Life does in fact exist outside of the internet. {Shocking, isn't it?}

I think I'm going to enjoy taking additional breaks, but I don't want it to be a mandated "meeting a goal" process. After all, that's a "have to," not a "want to."

Who knew this silly 101 list project was going to have such an impact on my personal life?

4 comments:

  1. Remember, your phone is also an extension of the internet.

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  2. Ha! So true.

    You'll be impressed to hear that I didn't get on my phone either. :)

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