So tonight was the first night of the rest of the nights of our lives...or something like that.
Leanne and I decided that from now on, Monday through Friday we will turn off our computer lives from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. All the computers were literally turned off tonight. No Facebook. No email. No Twitter. No mindless browsing. A few observations after night one:
It just occurred to me that the children did not notice. I've not thought this through, actually. Sometimes our girls want to play American Girl games online or watch an episode of Wonder Pets or some such thing. Tonight, though, they just busied themselves with other activities. I bet we'll have to selectively allow our kids to use the computer at night, even though we'll stay away. But it was interesting that tonight, at least, they didn't care.
In humility I can now definitively admit (after only one night!) that I am habituated to needless online activity each night. I'm looking forward getting out of the rut.
Good idea. Oh man, I feel myself going down this road, too.
I spend most of my daytime hours in front of the computer unless it's an event day, but most of my social "life" happens online and in the evening - when I'm also trying to squeeze in dinner, bath time, playtime, bed time, etc. Oh YES! There's also that actual real live communication with my husband and son I'm fitting in. I may have to take a break here in the near future. Or, at the very least limit my online time -- I feel a sacrifice coming on and a shifting of priorities.
Posted by: Laura Lee | June 16, 2009 at 09:03 PM