So after reading about Cory Doctorow taking off on vacation up into the wilds of Canada and not looking at email, answering the phone, or blogging, I started thinking about doing the same. I mean, I can’t remember the last time I cut myself off of the internet. Even when I was in Hawaii for 2 weeks during my 5 year wedding anniversary, I still blogged and uploaded pics while I trekked around with my wife. Or the Dominican Republic in March is another perfect example. WiFi on the resort meant me with my BlackBerry, all day, every day (much to my wife’s chagrin).
And to be honest, I’m not sure I can do it. I am email addicted. Twitter addicted. Internet addicted.
Well, I am plugged in pretty hard.
But when I look at the picture below (a quick snap from Maui), I think, ahhh, relaxation–and how nice would it be to just disappear for a little while.
So that is exactly what I’m going to do. As of tomorrow, when I leave my house for a cottage on a favourite Canadian lake, I will be unplugging myself.
No internet, no email, no Twitter, nothing.
I will have my cell phone in case my agent needs to get a hold of me, but that’s it. No. Data. Access.
The order of business will be family, beach, writing, and reading. And drinking a few beers here and there.
I will be back on Sunday August 22nd.
Now I need to go ready myself for the disconnection tomorrow morning. It’s going to hurt…
Or will it?
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