No More Email!
August 20, 2009 – 3:55 pmAt least for a couple of weeks.
I will be embarking on a trip abroad very shortly and I have decided that for the duration of my trip I will abstain from email. My goal is to not check my email even once. No reading any emails as well as no writing any emails!
This may not seem like such a big deal, but my trip isn’t a short one, and to venture a guess, I would say that for many of us the longest period of time spent without email is at most a couple of days.
Since mentioning this goal to my girlfriend (she is also going to make the same attempt) I have been reflecting on why it is so difficult for us to “get away”. Are we afraid that we might miss out on news we can’t live without? That someone might not be able to reach us (OMG)?
The same excuse is usually thrown around as the reason why we have to check our email, texts, or voicemail. In case of an emergency, we want to be reachable! Well, I don’t buy that excuse at all. There are ways of ensuring that in case of a real emergency we are still reachable, and yes I will still be reachable on my trip. Though you may have to go through my family to find me!
I have traveled abroad fairly extensively and I have always made numerous stops at Internet cafes to check my email. I know it will be tough, but it’s a challenge that I’m looking forward to.
I am hoping to cleanse myself from staring at a computer all day, checking my email a million times, and visiting the same few websites over and over again. I will let you know how it goes, but in the meantime I have to check my email!
