Unplugged
So today we spent the morning on The Great Smoky Mountain Train, followed by a white water rafting trip that left my son in the water, then over and across at least 2 mountains to another city for dinner and shopping. It was a busy day but for much of it, it was without facebook, twitter, computer, cell phones or even tv.
We couldn’t take our phone with us and when I got back from white water rafting and picked up the phone, I felt “it” begin to happen. I put the phone down, got on facebook to upload pictures and quickly got off. I took my phone with me to Gatlinburg but shortly after arriving the battery died. “It” went away.
What was “it”? “It” was stress, the constant influx of information, whether meaningful or not, whether stressful or not, caused me stress. “It” kept me from “them” – my family and when “it” was gone, I could enjoy “them”.
Technology is a wonderful thing, but I wonder how much stress it actually causes us that we don’t even realize on a day to day basis.
