In today's world, it's hard to detach ourselves from our electronics, because most of our communication comes from there. Even our phones are little computers now, sending emails and playing games, not just calling or texting. I think we have a tendency to become addicted to screens, because we use them so much, and therefore feel slightly disconnected.
One of the hardest parts for me was that there's a game on the computer that I love, and I was starting to get pretty good at it, and it was hard not to try to get on to play it. I predict that when I play later tonight, I'll be a bit rusty. Fortunately, I'm not to the really hard levels yet, so I'll have some time to get back in swing.
I noticed I had more time on my hands, especially in the evening. I try to make Christmas presents every year, and having a job has really cut into production time. I got a lot more done on those than I had been. I might need to set aside one day each week to be "project day," where I don't do anything except work on presents (and other projects, especially after Christmas is over). Probably Saturday, or whatever day I'm off from work that week.
Another thing I noticed was that it got harder and harder to keep away from the computer, and then suddenly it got easier (though perhaps that might have been due to the screen time overload watching football on Sunday rather than that I was getting used to no computer.
I'm trying to figure out whether I'll try again for a week of no computer sometime. It will have to be before I start college, since I will have to have the computer for a lot of that. We'll see.
pointe4Jesus
~Dancing for Him Who died for me.~
