Digital Detox, Here We Come!

I have to admit, one of the ways I can get caught up in 'Chasing' and consequently missing what's most important to me in life is getting wrapped up in the countless, growing virtual world of constant, 24/7 social media and digital entertainment.  What's new and exciting out there?  There is so much grabbing for our attention and focus via alerts from our myriad of devices.  So much to try and keep track of and stay on top of, that precious little time is left for anything else we might consider more important, like perhaps genuinely being present 100 % with one another for a real conversation, like the good old days when we weren't all digitally connected.  Our virtual intoxication has become so common and habitual that even when our electronic devices don't alert us directly, don't we often go looking our self, as if there is nothing else we might do with our time?  I wonder, have we already become a world of unconscious, "human doings" versus "human beings", unable to simply remain still and just be, without the external stimulus of virtual entertainment?  Can you even remember the time when none of this was around?  It wasn't that long ago.  How are we spending our time, that one precious resource that can never be replenished?

Kim and I have been talking...okay Kim has been talking for quite some time now...about trying out a little experiment, a "digital detox" if you will, to see what might happen if we avoid all screen time for just one week.  I know, crazy right!?  Well that digital detox begins right now.  Kim and I will have absolutely no screen time from home, except for at work of course where it is unfortunately a must today.  We will not venture onto the internet, read emails, look at any form of social media, and ban all TV and video games.  Yep, you heard that right.  No video games, well for me at least.  The kids can still play of course once school work is complete.  One thing at a time I suppose.

Truth be told, not sure what might happen with this little experiment, if anything at all?  We will let you know in one week what we discover.  Or perhaps we simply won't come back at all?  HA!  Who knows?  We invite anyone who wants to reach out to us, please do so the old fashioned way, via phone call or better yet, drop on by for a visit.  You may remember, we used to do those quite a bit more often way back when.  Everyone have a terrific week...or more.  We are going off the grid baby!  Digital detox, here we come!