Thoughts On Unplugging: August 2012

This month I never really took an official day off to unplug from technology, the internet, and social media. However, the week we were at Priest Lake I hardly had any cell service and the internet connection was as slow as molasses. I guess I probably unofficially unplugged for at least 3 whole days in there.  But that's what summer vacay is all about, right?

I've noticed something in the blog world recently. There are a lot of peeps posting about how they feel uninspired to post lately and a lot of people apologizing to their readers for being MIA from their blog. This is silly people! It's summertime! We are supposed to be out enjoying real life... running through sprinklers with our kiddos, toasting up s'mores over a fire at night, and just plain feeling brain dead because our mind is in off-from-school mode. If anything, we have no one to apologize to except for maybe ourselves for taking life too seriously.

I've learned something over this summer of unplugging. We all crave the opportunity to disconnect - to relax. It is something we should try to give ourselves as a gift more often. Maybe this doesn't necessarily mean killing all ties with the outside world (i.e. hiding the cell and computer). Maybe instead this just means backing off a little... taking a day to really embrace life - a day to soak up our surroundings and not worry so much about "keeping up with the Joneses." Don't ya think?

Life is too short to not unplug in some way or another every now and then.


Linking up with Emily @ Peck Life for her "Let's Unplug" series. You can read about my June & July days of unplugging HERE & HERE.