Living Legacy » taking a break http://www.tiadpeterson.com creating a life filled with passion and joy Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:43:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My 8 Hour No Internet Challenge http://www.tiadpeterson.com/my-8-hour-no-internet-challenge/ http://www.tiadpeterson.com/my-8-hour-no-internet-challenge/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:51:20 +0000 Tia Peterson http://www.tiadpeterson.com/?p=384 I find myself still needing to force myself to break away from the WWW from time to time – to refocus, pay better attention to my son, clean my house, check some thing off my non-internet related to-do list, etc.  I wonder if it’s possible for me to take a full 8, non-sleeping hours away from the internet?  For me, this literally means just stepping away from my computer, but for some of you more gadget-centric people this could also mean turning off the iPhone or shutting down the Blackberry.

Here’s the tick-list of things I hope to accomplish:

  • Clean out some of my closets and cupboards
  • Get to the grocery store at some point (even though is it ridiculously cold out there)
  • Put together some puzzles with Aidan
  • Read more of The Tipping Point while Aidan naps (I know, I’m behind the times, OK?)
  • Do some baking

It’s Sunday.  This should be easier than it probably will be (which is an indication that I need to do this more often).  I wonder what would happen if a large % (and, really, that “large” % could be less than 1%) of heavy internet users actually did that – just stepped away?  I suppose that’s something I won’t know.  But, I’m off to start my No Internet challenge now.  Ready… Set… Go!

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