"Disconnecting" from the constant data feeds.

[IHaveAName]

A couple of months ago, I decided to disconnect from the constant feed. Ditched my "smartphone", no twitter, facebook, text messaging and so on.

Honestly, it's pretty darned liberating!

If you haven't tried this, you really should!

Anyone else try this?

[InigoMontoya]

Don't need to. Never got hooked on all that stuff in the first place.

I will, however, concede that in the past month my texting has gone from maybe 3-5 text per year to maybe 20 per day...but that's one person's fault. :)

[dcheesi]

At least one vacation every year involves camping outside the range of cell-phones, wifi, etc. It's usually festival/party camping, so I'm still being active & social, but without all the distractions. Very liberating indeed, you can relax and focus on the moment without being pulled away constantly. Of course being physically away from your day-to-day concerns helps as well.

[snowjay]

I guess I have good self control. I enjoy being connected but I am certainly not a slave to it. I have no problem putting my phone mute walking away from the computer and doing something else for several hours or even all day.

[gregor]

I don't have much trouble disconnecting. All the social feeds are just that, social. Don't see much point in Twitter or Facebook.

[dansee]

If I'm working on the computer, I bounce to Facebook now and then. When I'm not working on the computer? Nah.

My phone is just a phone. I used it to make calls, and that's it.

[sonnik]

I'll be honest, it is difficult for me to be disconnected. Mostly for missing "news" or "events" ...

[dobrien]

I knew being constantly connected and in touch wasn't for me.

I have a cell phone. I keep it in the car. I turn it on when I need to use it. It does voice and I think it can text. That's the extent of my mobile connectivity.

[doom1701]

When I'm able to be disconnected and I've got something to do, I find it quite easy. If I know that there's no crisis at work to be concerned about and I've got a weekend free to work in my woodshop, I'm totally disconnected.

My problem is that there are only rare times I actually have time to do something like that. Usually I'm running around on something, and I've got my smartphone with me.

[eddyj]

I can disconnect without side effects (like when I went on a cruise, I was not even tempted to pay for Internet). I just prefer not to be disconnected. The whole working alone at home for 10 years has something to do with that.