Unplug

Last weekend we went camping in our new-to us Motor home.  We didn't go too far from home but my phone did turn into a camera/watch and that was it!  I could text sometimes, but not really.  But this was all perfectly fine.  We had an amazing time.  I did yoga every morning, played with the kids all day, and laughed with my family the entire weekend and no one had a phone in front of their nose unless it was to take pictures.  It was awesome.

Then on the radio while we were out there they said that people used to spend an average of 20 minutes on the phone a day and now we spend over 3 hours on them on average!  That is so sad!!!  There is a whole world out there we are missing because we're looking to see who is checked in at some bar or who is "ready to start the week!" and so much more useless information.

Now don't get me wrong, I love social media!  I am a social media queen!  I love seeing who just had a baby, and pictures of my family in Tennessee, and get updated on how my friend in Colorado is doing, and see videos of my friend in Cali who is a complete badass.  I love it all!  I could totally go without all the negativity, airing dirty laundry, and all other bullshit that people put out there for the world to see, but that's a different entry...

It was just so nice to be away from "it all" for the weekend.  Focus on enjoying and making memories with my family and my kids.  On the way there I seriously thought "I wish the camp ground had wifi" but I am so glad it doesn't and really hope it never does.

So what I have learned from all of this is that I would like to unplug more.  I am going to be looking for an app for my phone that tells me how much time I spend on my phone and work on cutting it down.  Who else is up for a challenge?  Even if I did just one or two days a week where I cut my time in half I think would be a great accomplishment, because lets be real, the world we live in today, I am not going to cut it out completely.  I like connecting.  I like sharing with others.  Hell, I do many of these entry's from my phone on the toilet so if I gave it up completely you wouldn't be reading most of these.  My main goal is to have many more times ahead of me where my phone is a camera and a watch to me whether I have service or not.