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Unplugging with A Soft Place to Land

Kimba from ASPTL invited her blogging community to unplug (go without computer time) last Friday and report back what we found.

Due to my early days of baby growing, my nausea and fatigue have guided me to a week or more of being unplugged.

I am back. But, it begs the question…

What did I do?

• I disappeared from facebook
• I left my email inbox full
• My Google Reader blog feeds (that I read daily) are stacked up to 250
• My blog writing fell of a cliff
• Photography…I have a camera?

What did I learn?

• Life happens all around me all time whether I capture it, remember it or even share it or not.
• Life happens on the internet (blogs, social media, email) with or without me around.
• I missed the daily dose of connectivity but felt a relief from it as well.
• I learned to guide my days by moments I got to have with my kids rather than by moments I got to have without them.

Where do I go from here?

I will let go of guilt and enjoy my time on the computer. The Internet, as I interact with it, is a great source of learning on a variety of levels.

How else will I know if so-and-so’s ultra-sound predicts a 10 baby? OR When my MOPS table is signed-up to bring food? OR How a good friend is doing at the Hospital with her sick baby?

Not to mention, what types of organizational, decoration-al and recreational ideas I absorb every week!

The Goodness of being Plugged In

• Reading blogs is like earning continuing education credits
• Writing posts is like a personal growth workshop or therapy
• Sharing status updates is what a cup of coffee together or chatting over the clothes line used to be
• Uploading digital photos with captions has become the new baby-book or scrapbook

P.S. I did give up checking my blog stats for Lent.