Phone and laptop free

Anyone can contact me almost everywhere. My phone is always with me. Even when I'm relaxing in the bathtub, my phone is with me. It's a habit. But not a very good one. Why do we always want to be reachable? Why do we always feel the need to have our phone with us?

So we can call, send text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, search the internet, play games, make pictures, listen to music, and much more. But why? What's wrong with a couple of hours without a phone? A couple of hours of 'silence'?

One of my New Year's resolutions for 2011 was to have a phone and internet free weekend once in a while. When I made this resolution I thought about one weekend a month without phone and laptop. How often did I actually put my phone and laptop off for a whole weekend?

Once. That's it.

The first couple of hours I felt stressy and out of balance. But after a while I felt rest. I accepted the world without the internet and it felt good. Better said: I felt great. I found time to do things I never have time for because of my busy life. Busy? Yes. But it turned out that my phone and laptop were partly responsible for the 'business'.

Why didn't I switch off my phone and laptop more often? I really don't know. Maybe I found I needed the internet, although that sounds quite silly. Why wouldn't it be possible to live two days without the connection to the world wide web?

So here's my first New Year's resolution for 2012:
Every month (yes, évery month) two days without phone and laptop. It can be a whole weekend at once, but it may also be two seperate days.
And no more bringing my phone with me when I'm in the bathtub. The bathtub is to relax in, not to whatsapp in.