Unplugged for 24 hours? For kids these days, they say impossible. I say Improbable! I laugh in the face of danger! But I don't think this is really dangerous... It's actually far less dangerous, the chances of whip-lash are far less. One of my teachers calls the new generation "bobble-head-gen" because they're (we're) constantly going from our phone to reality, phone-reality, phonereality, phone.... What happened to reality? Oh, yeh, it's in the palm of our hand apparently.
So, the challenge was to unplug. Everything. No phones. No laptops. As little electricity as possible. Minimal driving. Status: Challenge Accepted.
Granted, I had to cheat a little. I drove to and from work & to and from school (and use the computers there for production purposes). Alas. But I didn't go anywhere else, which was kind of nice because I got to spend the day at home. Relaxing yet productive. The phone was off, so plans had to be made in advanced. Tuesday, 12:30, be on time, not "Hey girl, what are you doing? let's grab lunch, in like 15?" But when you run on your own time, 15 really means 45 and text when you're on the way and blah blah blahhhh. It gets complicated. But it was nice to have a set of defined plans. Usually if I'm not home by a certain time, my dad will worriedly text me or call me to inquire my where-abouts (just because I have spontaneous plans created via text and forget to check in), so I was more inclined to go home when I got off of work. Also nice.
I unplugged all of my phantom electronics, made sure all the lights that weren't being used were off and grabbed a book. Easy. I don't watch too much TV to begin with, but I'm a total internet junkie, so it required a little bit of will power, but it was grand.
The challenge was fun, I'm far more conscious about those sneaky electronics that syphen power all the time. Maybe it's time to leave the bobble-head-gen behind. :]
