A Digital Sabbath

Ok hear me out, this might run completely counter to what I wrote in the post on blogging requiring discipline. But I can't help but feel a tad bit suffocated with all the digital and online interaction that we have to do (so thankful we have a participation break in this module - another one wants us to participate and evaluate 4 student-developed modules - yay!).

I read this article about a digital sabbath and found it quite interesting. https://hackernoon.com/i-tried-a-digital-sabbath-and-it-was-epic-f70c2e3e1ab5

Honestly, I've never gone a day without my phone in the last 2 years. While I might not be too keen on facebook and the like, I do keep my handphone close in the event of an emergency at work. With the amount of technology surrounding me - 2 mobile phones, 1 laptop, 1 surface go, 1 desktop - I'm beginning to think that my connection to digital technology is a bit overkill.

Perhaps there is some wisdom to decoupling from digital technology. I will think about how I would go about doing this in July though. Quite frankly, it is near impossible to do so in the next couple of weeks, but I'll keep it in mind.

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