Power Down Day

I chose to do my power down day yesterday, April 17th 2011.  It was a Sunday and I had the whole day free with nothing to do.  I ended up getting a lot more things done with out technology.  I spent a lot more time with family and I got a lot accomplished.  I was outside a lot more as well.  The weather wasn't the best but it was nice enough to go out for a little while.  Not having technology shows me how much time I actually spend using these things. Some aspects of the power down day were harder than others.  I found that not being on my phone or email was the hardest.  The video games, and TV didn't bother me too much.  My emails I had missed was over 10, and I had missed several phone calls and texts as well.  Not as many as I thought I would have though.  I would recommend this to anyone. Its not something you do every day or hear of people doing to much, but it does teach you a lot. Its very different and difficult at times.  You feel like you want to peek at your phone or a computer at some points.  I couldn't imagine life with out these great things everyday.  It was a lot more calm with out the technology because I didn't have to worry about checking anything.  I enjoyed it overall and it puts things into perspective for me, and shows me how much technology I actually do use and maybe even take it for granted most of the times.