It’s been less than a month since I went off the grid for my annual Fall Back Weekend, but here I am, ready to do it again. I’ve been playing to take the rest of this week off to enjoy Thanksgiving with my family, who will be visiting for the holiday, and to unwind from a busy couple weeks of work, and now I have the perfect opportunity because Jen of Devourer of Books and Candace at Beth Fish Reads are challenging bloggers to do just that.
Here are the rules: there are no rules. We’re just suggesting that you pick a time between now and the end of the year (or anytime, really!) to unplug. Turn off Twitter, don’t blog, etc. If you need to give yourself a Twitter limit instead of turning it off, sure, whatever works for you. Choose a day, a week, evenings, whatever, but unplug, relax, and fight blogger burnout. Also, don’t worry about having posts go up when you’re unplugged! If you have some and want to preschedule, okay, but don’t kill yourself trying to get some up, that defeats the whole point! Just grab the button and get off the computer!
I’m unplugging November 25th-28th and December 23rd-28th (or possibly all the way through New Year’s) to celebrate my favorite season of the year. I might pop in here and there to read blogs or say hi on Twitter, but for the most part, I’ll be tuned in (to my real life) and turned off.
Happy Turkey day…and if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, consider checking out the Thankfully Reading Weekend, brought to you by Jenn and the aforementioned Candace, and Jen.
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I admire your ability to do this. I should probably try, just to prove to myself that I can! Have an absolutely WONDERFUL Thanksgiving, and we’ll see you back on the grid soon!
It’s so worth it, Sandy, and it really helps with preventing burnout.
Enjoy your time unplugged and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Kathy. You too!
Have a fabulous weekend unplugging and enjoying family
I generally unplug on weekends like this, though I’ll be working, so will be on the computer.
But I’ll probably stay off Twitter and blogs and waves, if only to keep my sanity!
I’m about halfway back now. I did check email yesterday and popped in on Twitter a little last night, but overall I did a good job staying unplugged Thursday and yesterday. I’m on for a bit now to work on some reviews, but I’m still going to be partially unplugged for the rest of the weekend.
I agree with time unplugged! I was mostly unplugged this holiday weekend, and will be again between Christmas and New Year’s. But the best time was this August when I was unplugged for two weeks along the Lewis & Clark trail. Talk about a new perspective!