How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? – Not a bad question for a lot of people to consider from the daily writing prompt.
I think my body is the trigger that tells me it’s time to get up from the computer. And if my body doesn’t catch it my mind will if I feel unproductive or I’m wasting time. I don’t do much with the phone because I leave that alone as much as possible already.
Usually, I just get up and walk away and start another activity or chore for a while. Sometimes to my workroom and the Dremel tool or pick up a camera and stepping outside. Day trips and vacations are times I unplug from completely or just minimal activity like a quick blog post.
Now that I’m no longer working it’s very easy for me to unplug. It wasn’t always that way with most positions I had over the career.
And that leads me to think about the various ways people consider themselves unplugged. I’ve completely unplugged from the technology life I once lived. But I still spend an hour or two or more sometimes on the computer a day.
But those are activities/hobbies I’m enjoying so I don’t feel the need to unplug from them like I did for my work or in the days when technology and news were very important to keep up with at a high level.
