For the last week, I have been in the middle of a Digital Detox. After spending the last decade working on me, I wanted to spend the next one working on my relationships with others. Although the flurry of social media sites has allowed us to be instantly informed, in many ways, it has pushed us further apart. Personal connections are binary. True emotions are lost in 140 characters or less. So, after reading this blog post, I thought I’d give the One Week Digital Cleanse a try and begin really connecting.
Here were the guidelines:
*read and write email only from laptop or desktop computers
*cell phones can only be used to make calls, and no text messages or e-mails are allowed – if you receive a text, you must reply in voice over the phone. E-mails must be returned from a laptop or desktop computer.
*no use of Twitter or any other social networking site – this includes reading as well as posting.
*no visiting of any entertainment or gossip sites. (No need to detail which ones – you know what they are.)
The Digital Cleanse began 9am on January 1. The first few days were pretty easy. When someone started to text me, I called them back. It was pretty effective and in many cases more efficient. How...
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