My camera is already broken. Now, my laptop is failing me and needs to go to repair for a couple of days. As a blogger, this is the worst kind of nightmare. As a yogi and mom-to-be, it’s a blessing in disguise.
As my technology buddies are giving up on me, I decided to give them a taste of their own medicine! So for two days, I’m turning off my phone, my iPod, my iPad, and the TV. So, no facebooking, no tweeting, no pinning, no texting and most importantly no blogging or checking anxiously my site stats (all new bloggers, you know what I’m talking about!) By the way, did you notice the verbs in that sentence?
I don’t mind the TV that much these days, but I am guessing not checking my email and all social networks wouldn’t be as easy. So wouldn’t be doing yoga or exercising without my playlists. But I am giving this technology detox a try.
Now you might be wondering why I called this post “The best kind of detox”. Well, it’s just because I am not a believer in nutritional detox and cleanses in general, unless you mean cleaning up your diet from processed foods and artificial ingredients and including more natural and nutrient-rich foods. However, I’d be concerned if your idea of cleanse is more into consuming extremely low-calorie shakes, soups or juices for an extended period of time in the purpose of losing weight. I will discuss the myths and truths behind detox diets in detail in a future post. For now, I am ready to enjoy a tech-free weekend and will leave you with a few pictures from some resorts around the world that will be ideal for a truly unplugged vacation if you ever plan on having one.
Sukantara Cascade Chiang Mai Thailand
Bora Bora
Karma Kandar Resort Bali
Jade Mountain St. Lucia
- Maia Resort Villa Seychelles
How I wish I was at one of those destinations right now! It’d be quite easy to forget the 24 hr tech bug then!
I second that!! My tech detox didn’t go as smoothly as planned because I was stuck in the same old place, same old routine
It is worth the try. I do so when with the family on a three days trip, however, I am always preoccupied with wondering how many work e mails will be waiting for me when I log in again. it is becoming the hysteria of technology
I can totally relate, but it is so important to unplug at least during the weekend. When it was only desktops, we didn’t check our e-mails the entire weekend. We waited till we got back to the office on Monday morning. The smartphone has made it nearly impossible to resist the urge of refreshing our inbox, facebook timeline and twitter feed every few minutes… but we should try at least to unplug for a few hours at first and then extend it to a day then the entire weekend or vacation… And I said try because I’m struggling with this too, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t but I’m persistent on increasing my offline times