Try this: for a set period of time, say 24 hours for the really brave of you, disconnect yourself. Do not use the cell phone, internet, or cable/satellite TV (one local air type stations ok, even if you do use cable/sat to receive it); no rental movies, no video games or Wii or Playstation. No I-pod, I-Phone, or crackberry; none of it. Turn it all off. If your cell phone happens to be your only phone, use it JUST as a phone.
Now, if you are fortunate enough to be employed, you may need to let your employer know you are not available, but try without notifying your "friends" on Facebook or other social websites. Just shut yourself off.
I dare you. I double-dare you. I double-dog-dare you.
Then let me know if you took me up on my challenge, and how it worked for you.
That's how I grew up; and no, I am not complaining. I can hear the excuses why you cannot do it, I use every one of them myself. My considered opinion, however, is that as a people, we have conditioned ourselves to living in a 24/7/365 world, and I am not convinced that is really good for me, for us as a people. Consider for a minute how stressed you feel, how you cannot really stop and connect with your family, friends, spouse, co-workers, and others without looking at the cell phone, without turning on the i-net to catch the very latest news or happening, how we rely on our "social networks" on the computer or cable/satellite be informed and entertained. Do we really "need" this constant feed of information?
As Jackson Browne noted, "then about evening you think, what am I going to do?" (if you know the song I am referencing, without googling it, let me know! LOL)
I'll be back on Thursday, July 29th. Or Friday, July 30th.
Bob
Piece of cake! Just give me the chance....I'm ready. I feel so overstimulated by the outside that sometimes noise hurts. Not enough silence in my world.
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