Tim Clark’s Blog

2^nd Annual Tech Break

This is the second year of what I think will become a yearly habit: Personal vacation time also means vacation from a majority of my technology. Once again, since 3 weeks in July is vacation, I’m declaring all of July “freedom from internet-addiction month.” That means no Facebook, no Twitter, no blogging, no mindless web surfing and radically limited email use.

This gives me a month to unplug, quiet-down, reflect and listen to something other than the constant stream of input that comes from every side. I still think technology is a wonderful tool and a great gift when used right, but I want to fast from this resource regularly to remind myself that it serves me; I don’t serve it!

And I want to remember that not only don’t I serve it, I don’t really need it to engage the most important things in life. In fact sometimes technology can get in the way of those important things like focused and uninterrupted time with my kids, or my friends, or my wife…or my Lord.

So, goodbye! I’ll catch you all in August! And if the Internet does something really cool while I’m gone, someone call me; OK? I’ll probably still check my voicemail every once in a while! (LOL)