Comments on: National Day of Unplugging: Count me out http://walt.lishost.org/2011/03/national-day-of-unplugging-count-me-out/ The library voice of the radical middle. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John http://walt.lishost.org/2011/03/national-day-of-unplugging-count-me-out/comment-page-1/#comment-57472 John Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:02:57 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2997#comment-57472 “then there’s something wrong” … of that I am sure

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2011/03/national-day-of-unplugging-count-me-out/comment-page-1/#comment-57463 walt Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:41:24 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2997#comment-57463 John: I’m not telling you not to join in–but what T.Scott says. If not being a slave to connectivity is so Special that it requires a National Day, then there’s something wrong. But that’s just me.

]]> By: T Scott http://walt.lishost.org/2011/03/national-day-of-unplugging-count-me-out/comment-page-1/#comment-57461 T Scott Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:33:32 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2997#comment-57461 Yes, balance. It’s not that hard to achieve, but it requires thought and discipline. Marian (32 yr old stepdaughter) loves her iPhone and loves being in touch. Lynn (60 yr old spouse) lives through her Blackberry. Josie (6 yr old granddaughter) manipulates her Mom’s iPhone with ease and sent her first email a week ago. But when we’re together having dinner at our house, we’re at the dining room table and the devices are not. When we go out to eat (as we do about once a week) we’re focused on engaging with each other, and we have a fine time. Occasionally, if Lynn or Marian are waiting for something that has some urgency, they’ll keep an eye on their phone, but that’s an exception that’s explained and allowed.

Disconnecting for 24 hours might make you feel like you’re doing something special, but it’s not going to help you achieve balance.

]]> By: John http://walt.lishost.org/2011/03/national-day-of-unplugging-count-me-out/comment-page-1/#comment-57460 John Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:15:19 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2997#comment-57460 I’ve never known a significant act that didn’t start from a small act. Count me in.

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