I went completely cellphone-free during the weekend: I left it at home. I have experienced what it feels like to be disconnected from the digital world. And, the most important aspect of it…
being disconnected feels great
When I got home, I was curious to see if I had missed something important and.. well, relax folks: ahahah, nothing happened! Nobody wanted my attention during the last few days.
And it is good to see this, because when we disconnect from the digital side of our life it is far too easy to imagine the world as a distant place. Apparently, our devices are just like passports to the digital world: ahaha, it is Life v.2.0. We can easily lose the perception of what’s real and what’s virtual. If we mistakenly exchange these two worlds in our lives, then we’re screwed. Why? I think it is just a matter of emotions. When we get too emotionally attached to devices and technology, we get lost in an altered space/time continuum. The real problem is not the device itself; it is the digital reality we are projected into. Unlike real life, virtual reality has no space or time. That’s why it is soooooo easy to lose time perception during our connection and navigation
Digital Sabbatical to unclutter and declutter our mind
So, this makes me realize how important it is to go on digital vacation every now and then; if you can, shut your digital appliances off even for a few hours today. Shut them off during your working hours if you can, so it will be easier to concentrate on a single task. Think about it: If you keep doing this 1 hour every day, you have 7 hours of total disconnection in a week. And sure enough, you’d feel better. You can tell me at the end of the week if you want! 🙂
what you can do
Make this day count in a different way: get out of your comfort zone and get things done. If you get out of your comfort zone, you have an idea about where you are in the path of life and what you can do to better your lifestyle: you evaluate what’s working for you and what needs to be “deleted” from your life. It’s a really simple and straightforward process:
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1.You decide to make an experience
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2.You evaluate the results, accepting them,
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3.You reapply the experience process or change it
There is one thing I love: getting things done and then wonder at the beauty of the material I have created.
some practical ideas:
You can:
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•.create music,
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•.write a blog post or an ebook
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•.do whatever you feel like doing
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•.read a good book
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•.meet your friends
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•.get to know new people
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•.meet strangers and talk to them
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•.exchange emotions
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•.play an instrument
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•.go training with your buddies
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•.exchange points of view and start creating something new.
This weekend, for example, I am working on Ubuntulook’s content, to make it simpler to read, condensing it to few stuff, editing some html code to make it simpler to navigate in it, etc. Well, do something different from what you do every single day of what you call “a boring life”.
Life is not boring: it is just the way you make it.
A better-lived week is composed of better-lived days.