Do You Do Yoga?

I tried a new kind of fasting this weekend - a computer fast. I work remotely from home, which means I am tied into my work through my computer. I spend most of my day sitting in front of it (with occasional breaks for my back and my sanity). In the evening, I am usually catching up on personal emails, researching some things, paying bills, etc. All of that usually happens on my computer as well. By the end of last week, I was feeling totally over stimulated by my little laptop. In fact, one of the few activities I do not do on the computer is my yoga practice, but even with that I have developed a yoga project (as part of my training) that will require me to write, and I write on the computer.

So, in an attempt to simplify, I didn’t turn on the computer for the entire weekend. This may not be much of a feat for some people, but for me, it’s been a while since I was computer-free for two whole days. I had a lot more free time, and I even got bored! I made a model out of cardboard - it’s a moon lander that I picked up at an astronomy conference recently. I bugged my husband more and did a few more chores around the house.

I think I’ll be doing a version of this fast more often. I hadn’t realized how much different it is to be in front of the machine all day as opposed to how I worked when I was at the office. When I worked in the office, there were meetings and a lot of face time. This in itself can be distracting, but it does give you a break from computer fatigue.

If anyone out there has found great ways to unplug, please share. I need it! I have so litle practice of being totally unplugged at home.