A Summer of Unplugging.

Happy Tuesday Friends!

I know I briefly mentioned this topic here, but I wanted to post some follow up details for those of you that may have missed it and would like to join me!

The challenge:

This summer (once a month in June, July, and August), I’ll be unplugging for a full 24 hours and then sharing my experiences here on ye old blog! I spend a lot of time on the computer and probably equally as much time keeping up with social media and email on my phone. I sometimes find myself thinking too much about what’s going on in my virtual world that I forget to put it all away and be present in the real world. Not to mention, it’s a total creativity suck. I wanted to try to go one full day a month without these distractions and just enjoy the day….fill it with things we all did before the internet existed.

3 easy steps to participate:

1. Pick one day a month to “unplug” in whatever capacity you feel is right for you. For me, it will consist of no phone (unless there is an emergency), no internet, email, social media, or TV for a full 24 hours. I don’t own a kindle or iPad so you can use your own judgment on if those count. I’m still planning to use my camera to photograph the day {limited}.

2. Blog about your experience. How hard was it to not check twitter for 5 minutes? Did you think about your email all day…? The blogs you needed to catch up on…? Or, was it easy to forget? How did you spend your free time? How did you feel at the end of the day?

3. Share your post here on the 20^th of each month. This is when my post will go live and there will be a link-up option for you to share your blog post too! Feel free to use the image in this post if you need one.

My hope is that by sharing our experiences and practicing a little restraint, we may come to enjoy these gadget free days and remember what it was like before we looked at our phone every 10 seconds! Who knows! Maybe it will turn into a regular thing! We already have a great group of bloggers on board and definitely welcome anyone who is interested {the more the merrier}! See you on the 20^th!

P.S. – my first unplugging day is going to be this Saturday!!! I’m scared!