Unplugging the Artisan

Essential Practice, Not Inconvenience

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I woke up yesterday morning to find my internet service down, dissolved it appears by storms the previous evening. The bots told me it would be out of service till midnight.

It was interesting to note my reactions. Like most of us I suspect, irritation and a sense of being disrupted; my normal morning routine temporarily disabled. Then, as scuba divers are told when in trouble; stop, breathe, think, act.

I now had a day free of the internet (well, mostly- my phone can deal with essentials- but it’s just not as “comfortable” to use for what I do).

I could choose a day of being unplugged from technology.

Technology allows and encourages us to feel “on call” no matter what our work contract specifies. That mindset becomes ubiquitous, and we find ourselves mono-channel beings, somehow unable to breathe unless we are connected. It’s a recent phenomenon, barely two decades old, and yet we succumb to it so easily.

My day was easy; I just allowed myself to be unplu…