I read someone talking about "unplugging" for a week. Not using anything with a screen. As Tyden sits here next to me talking about Spiderman while I type this, I'm thinking unplugging might be a good idea. I could actually do one thing at a time. Rather than type and listen to Tyden, I could just listen to Tyden. Afterall, I am fascinated with all things spider-like. Rather than nurse the baby and read blogs, I could just nurse the baby. Rather than fold laundry and watch Oprah, I could just fold laundry....wait a minute, this might not be such a grand plan....could I face all that laundry with no distraction?
Really though, no tv and no computer for a week, could I survive? Is it cruel and unusual self-punishment to try such a feat at this stage of life, when I have 4 young kids at home with me all day and a fifth arriving at 3:20? When I use the t.v. for the kids while I shower, and while I change the sheets on 6 beds, and while I make dinner? In a time when they spend full half hour segments doing educational games on the computer? I don't know. But I am considering it. How would I feel without the rush of the ding of my "you've got mail" sound? How would the kids get along without their beloved silver babysitter? How did I exist before e mail became such an integral part of my day and all my friends lived in my computer? Could I actually do it or would I find myself sneaking to the keyboard during the wee hours of the morning like a junkie, hiding my dirty little e mail/blogging secrets? Something I'm thinking about.....If I unplug, you'll be the first to know : )
4 comments:
there have been MANY times where i've thought the same thing... to just turn the tv off and/or shut the top to my laptop. the tv i could do without too much problem (althought i love oprah and dr. phil), but the computer has become an integral part of my life. good luck if you decide to do it.
or you could just do "parts" - my husband and i have done weeks where we don't watch TV at all in the evening - more time to talk. or i've had no TV in the afternoon for my kids. or i've only checked email once a day. not as dramatic...but still might have the same effect.
The TV, no problem really...but the computer?? I have thought about it and decided that I really don't think I could do it...I even have email on my cell phone now...talk about addicting. Maybe I should think about it a little more seriously!
Guess what I was thinking about just this morning-I would like less worldly things and more Godly things to fill my day. I didn't make the pledge to completely go without the tv for a week, but now that I read your blog I'm going for it! I can give up the tv but I don't think I'm ready to give up the computer. For me and the girls more reading and less watching. Things for establishing this decison for me. Love, K
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