Farewell, Interwebs!
25 August 2009 // Filed under Leaving Los Internets
I’ve been a steady / obsessive Internet user since 1991. Back then it was all email, Usenet and Gopher. And really, that was just an outgrowth of my even earlier BBS interests. For a years I’ve been in love with the Information Revolution.
But I’m in one of my occasional “take-stock” periods of life and it occurs to me that for a very long time I’ve spent too much of my life in front of a computer screen. Although there’s a great deal of positive in online life, there is also a lot that’s lost when many hours of everyday are dedicated to “living online”. This isn’t a new revelation, really. But I’ve finally decided to do something about it.
And why (beyond the fact that I’m not one to pass up a good opportunity for irony) would I blog about this process? Two reasons:
- Doing this publicly creates a bit of accounability and motivation to see this project through.
- Maybe somebody else out there has the same issue and might find some small amount of motivation in reading about my attempt.
I’ll post more regarding the contours of this project in coming days. But it’s late already and I know my Internet addiction costs me sleep on a daily basis. And I really don’t want this project to contribute to my daily sleep deprivation. So I think I’ll sign off now and head to bed.
2009-08-25 :: Geoffrey Wright