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Day 355: Refrain
Hoo boy–we can go all the way back to Day 13 on this one…. As I’ve said many a times on this blog: I’m hardly a Luddite. A good portion of what I do professionally involves writing and thinking about … Continue reading
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Day 323: Phase
I was going to call this one “moon,” but that was just a little too silly, even for me…. I’ve been reading a chapter tonight in preparation for tomorrow’s class–the author is discussing the pace of life in a digital … Continue reading
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Day 314: Suspend
It always surprises me how little things can throw me off balance sometimes. Tonight, it was a technology malfunction. While my television watching has plummeted over the past three months, other family members have been missing their DVR, so we … Continue reading
Day 252: Untangle
Blah! I am caught up in a technical difficulty that is anything but simple right now. It’s not a big thing–just trying to set up an email fax account, but somehow I’ve gotten myself tangled up in some sort of … Continue reading
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Day 237: Conserve
OK, so today is just the start of a challenge that will take a while to address, I’m afraid. We have a bit of a mystery on our hands: somehow, we are burning about twice as much electricity up here … Continue reading
Day 33: Cut
…the lights. OK, I suppose today is sort of an electricity fast, within limits: my goal is to avoid turning on a light unless I find it absolutely necessary, and when I find a light that it is on, turn … Continue reading
Day 15: Ignore
Something terrible happened yesterday: nobody visited my blog! I mean really–how am I supposed to live more simply if you’re not reading about it? Trust me, I get the irony of blogging daily about living simply. I also get that … Continue reading
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Day 13: Stow
OK, another really simple, but harder-than-it-sounds challenge for today: put away the phone. Yes, I love being connected to my family and friends with a mobile device. Yes, I use social media, and yes, I have the WordPress app on … Continue reading
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Day 10: Cancel
I am not a luddite by any means. We are pretty wired in our house. We have our phone service with data plans, our internet, our land-line, our cable, Tivo, and Xbox Live. There’s just no way I’m going to … Continue reading
Day 9: Delete
I know, I know: It’s not like all that data is taking up a lot of physical space, or physically weighing me down, so what’s the big deal? True enough. And yes, while I’m solidly “in the yellow” on my … Continue reading
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