Blogging is great but I do find it brings me to the computer many times a day - to write drafts, check page views and add photos. I also seem to spend time reading other blogs, checking my emails, and reading the Yahoo news pages which are full of pointless gossip; so I have decided it would be healthy for me and the children (who are rather attached to watching video clips of childrens' programmes on the computer as a treat) to have the odd day without these technological advances! In addition, it would save money through not using electricity. I have often wondered about having another mini-challenge of being off-grid one day a week?! That is definitely on the cards for later on in the year, but I have to think it through a little more before embarking on power-free days. I want to consider what day would make an impact on us without making things too difficult - so probably a weekend day ...
Having two weeks away with family at Easter forced me to stay away from the computer and it did me a world of good - proper relaxation! It always takes a bit of time to adjust to the fact that I don't have the facilty to check emails whenever I like, but it is a good thing. It makes me focus on what is going on around me in our family home.
The idea of technology-free days has now been forced on me to an extent due to a fault on our phone line which also means we have no access to the internet either - Argh! I feel bereft! But I can check email and do my weekly blog from work until the problem is fixed and once I get used to the idea it is nice not to be relying on instant information from the web at all times. In addition to not using the phone and internet for a week now (and it will probably be another week before the problem is fixed), I am going to make a concerted effort to only use the lights, kitchen appliances, water etc when absolutely necessary to start getting in a mind frame of living without electricity for a day a week - more about that later.
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