RE: The Great Digital Pause
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Thank you for the kind words, I'll definitely stick around Hive! I'm grateful to find a welcoming community here.
I get this. I really do...
I'm not asking people to ditch the net forever with the pause.
In evaluation of what it would look like for me, I realize I couldn't pause 100% myself.
I have a handful of apps and gadgets I use every day and there's not a day I can realistically go without using them.
I could pause maybe 95%. But not 100%.
My intention behind the proposed pause was only meant as a nourishment for ourselves instead of a deprivation. I wouldn't want it to cause stress or be a rigid observation.
It's true, we are surrounded by screens, not just at home but in our communities for the sake of doing business.
I love tech and nature. I can only speak for myself when I say sometimes I don't get out in nature enough for grounding as I should.
I couldn't leave my fellow creatives & all the wonderful people I've met online.
Alas, life is a balancing act.
I'm working on getting out more and snapping photos of things I love. I have a lot of clouds in my camera roll. 😂 Ironically it's often been said I have my head in them. 😂
(One of my recent photos, beautiful sky over Amish Grocery.)
There are some people who should be barred from the Internet on a permanent basis, though, for sure :D
My mother only has her mobile phone. She doesn't use the Internet on it. She just texts and calls. And listens to FM radio on it. She doesn't even have a bank card. Heck, she doesn't even have a TV. She reads books and asks me a lot of questions for entertainment.
Her frustration at the lack of options to not use digital tech will only grow as time goes on. I've tried to teach her, but she is simply not able to learn. The most technology she probably used was a type-writer and a telephone.
Sure we had a VCR, Tapes, and Vinyls growing up, but it was always my father and I who would operate those things.
For people like her, a world without digital stuff is an everyday reality, and life works just fine. So, technically, it could work for us, if we were willing to sacrifice some of those comforts.
Valid point, a few types come to my mind.
Your Mom sounds like my Mom. Mom wanted me to Google for her. She tried to get the hang of using a smart phone but never was able to. My Dad on the other hand is actually my tech support. 😂