{"id":5581,"date":"2014-03-10T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpa.scottbuckingham.ca\/blog\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2014-03-10T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T20:27:18","slug":"unplugging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/unplugging\/","title":{"rendered":"Unplugging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCan\u2019t be done\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNo way\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s terrifying\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWhy would I do that?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNo, I won\u2019t\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHunh???\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are just a few of the reactions I received when I recently broached the topic with some youth about unplugging from all things digital for a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a new idea.\u00a0 A couple of years ago 1,000 students from 10 countries took on the assignment of doing without the Internet or phones for 24 hours.\u00a0 The results of that study were interesting. You can check it out here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/theworldunplugged.wordpress.com\">http:\/\/theworldunplugged.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What prompted me to revisit the idea of a digital-free day was learning about National Day of Unplugging<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> (NDU).\u00a0 It\u2019s a day to completely unplug from phones and computers.\u00a0 No texts, no emails, no mindless surfing of the web.<\/p>\n<p>The NDU is the brainchild of Reboot<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>, a non-profit in the USA.\u00a0 Reboot created the Sabbath Manifesto<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> &#8211; \u201ca creative project designed to slow down lives in an increasingly hectic world\u201d. \u00a0Reboot invites everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, to \u201ccarve a weekly timeout into our lives\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Considering how \u201coverconnected\u201d we can all be it seems wise to take time away from the devices.\u00a0 For example &#8211; counting up the devices in own household was eye-opening.\u00a0 In a household of four we have five cellphones, one iPod, six laptops, one desktop and two wireless networks.\u00a0 Talk about overconnected.<\/p>\n<p>Unplugging for just a day may not seem like much but it is a start.\u00a0 If you check out the NDU website you will see that people from all over the world have taken the unplugging pledge.\u00a0\u00a0 Youth and older adults are signed up and the reasons they say they want to unplug range from sweet to funny to poignant.<\/p>\n<p>How about it?\u00a0 Take the National Day of Unplugging Pledge for 24 hours starting at sunset March 7 and running through to sunset on March 8.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to and I\u2019m going to recommend it to my clients too.<br \/>\nDawn M. Schell, MA, CCC, CCDP is an affiliate of Worldwide Therapy Online Inc.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therapyonline.ca\">http:\/\/www.therapyonline.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaldayofunplugging.com\">http:\/\/nationaldayofunplugging.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebooters.net\">http:\/\/www.rebooters.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sabbathmanifesto.org\">http:\/\/sabbathmanifesto.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCan\u2019t be done\u201d \u201cNo way\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s terrifying\u201d \u201cWhy would I do that?\u201d \u201cNo, I won\u2019t\u201d \u201cHunh???\u201d These are just a few of the reactions I received when I recently broached the topic with some youth about unplugging from all things digital for a 24-hour period. 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