| | I took a week off from the internet. I did this because I was becoming more compulsive about the computer, not being able to walk past it without interacting with it in some way. I don't like that. So, a little holiday to recalibrate my habits.
The funny thing is that I didn't miss the things I thought I would. I really didn't miss my email much at all, except a couple of times when not having it was inconvenient. I didn't miss Facebook at all. This surprised me, because Facebook has become my timewaster of choice lately.
I was also surprised to find that no internet did not translate into more productivity around the house. Well, maybe a bit more, but mostly I still found ways to not do the laundry. I am good at not doing the laundry.
The biggest surprise of all was what I did miss from the internet. I really, really, really missed weather.com. We don't have TV or get newspapers. I was reduced to calling the weather line. This was an unsatisfactory substitute for the forecasts that are constantly updated, broken down by hour, and fraught with misplaced accuracy that you get from weather.com.
The other website I found I could not live without is our local library's. I wasn't so much concerned with not being able to check which books were coming due, because I made sure nothing was due during my internet vacation. What I really missed was being able to browse the catalog and put random things on hold to pick up later, and, of course, to check back to see which of the random things were ready for us to pick up. It's like a little, mini-Christmas whenever I see that we have books to pick up from the library. It makes me happy, and I missed that.
But now I am back online, and I will not take my weather forecasts and library accessibility for granted.
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| | Posted 6/27/2009 9:05 PM - 16 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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