I’m going to move the main discussion about unplugging over to the wonderful (ironic) new community at 52 Nights Unplugged care of Ariel and Ning. She is one happening unplugger.
Come and join in.
You know you need to when…
- Your eyes/arms/body is aching from too much tapping / idiot boxing / talking
- You check your email as soon as you wake up and just before you go to bed
- There’s never enough time
- Your mental environment is smogged out with gumpf
- Computers/TV/Radio/Mobiles/Ipods/Games keep taking you away from the here and now
Many thanks to Leif Hansen from Spark NW for the 7 Step Programme to Unplugging. I’ll be referring all my clients/students/friends to it and the Unplug Challenge. Seems only right and proper when we are banging on about the wonders of the Internet on the one hand. Seems people might need a health warning to go with every new social network or application. Seems like we all need to take a break occasionally, or a lot.
No matter how good it all is, it ain’t sustainable.
Actually, we’ve just put together a 7 step e-workbook that takes people through the same process. The steps and exercises covered in the e-workbook are basically to:
(perhaps first identify what you like about your tech life)
1. Identifying your challenges with tech
2. Identify the needs trying to get met
3. Develop your vision/goals
4. Finding your focus
5. Finding solutions
6. Turning ideas into actions
7. Sticking with your plan (can be hardest)See the full richness of Leif’s comment on the previous post here. Sounds like it could be hard work, but if you want some more reasons and to make it fun… go join 52 Nights. These guys just HAVE to present at LIFT09.
My what a helpful community we are. Sucking you in to more and more information on the one hand - then telling you to switch off with the other.
Reminds me of when we tried to buy airtime for “subvertisements” advertising TV Turn Off Week on major TV networks, only this time we (kind of) control the channel.
I’m off to bed. Now… do I take the laptop with me and catch up on the BBC programmes in iplayer, or not…. might be jut in time to read Bea (7) the last story before lights out.
We teach what we most need to learn…
Tags: 52 nights unplugged, blogging, iplayer, leif hansen, life, LIFT08, LIFT09, spark northwest, spark nw, tv turn off week, unplug, unplugging
