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comment by Corvus
Corvus  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Could you live without a computer or smartphone?

Some time ago my computer broke down and I was forced to spend two months without it. At first it was horrible, even more so because at the time being at the computer was pretty much all I did. What happened though, was that, at the one week mark I was completely weaned off of it and I felt good! I only had a shitty cellphone at the time, which definitely helped, and it was also summertime, which definitely also helped, but my god, it was sooo freeing. I started going outside more (much, much more) and hanging out with the people I cared about, and just enjoying life beyond a computer screen. It was actually amazing, and a summer I really enjoyed.

I'm back to being too much time in front of the computer now, but mostly due to necessity.. college, and specifically my course pretty much forces me to spend a lot of time in front of a screen. However I really enjoyed the experience of being computer free and maybe I'll try that again this summer. I can definitely go a while without a computer.