Tired of feeling like you are living your whole life behind a computer screen? A story in Saturday's Faith section reported on how some people in the secular world are taking a page from the Orthodox Jewish practice of a day of rest by unplugging from the wired lifestyle for one day a week.
One such person is Ariel Meadow Stallings, a Seattle author and marketing manager at Microsoft, who has attracted international attention for her program called “52 Nights Unplugged.”
Her rules, according to the Associated Press story: “Every Wednesday night, when she gets off her Wi-Fi-enabled bus, she officially removes herself from all screens. That means no television, no computer, no cell phone. She will take calls but won’t make them. She will listen to her iPod but won’t scroll through iTunes. She won’t even go to a movie theater, because that’s a screen, too.”
In an odd kind of twist, you can read about Stallings’ off-line efforts on her blog or check out the online community she started where avid Web users can discuss the notion of unplugging once a week.
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