I lived the previous two weeks feeling much like a primitive in the modern era. I can't open my Yahoo! e-mail account, get music updates from imeem, browse through my friends' blogs, read up on the latest news, chat with my friends over meebo and read free manga scans at onemanga.com.
I simply missed out a lot of opportunities to complete my usual routine.
I have to admit that I'm quite ritualistic. I like doing things in order. Not that I'm OC or something but, such order gives me a better view of the things that I had accomplished so far. And part of my long-time everyday ritual is a date with my computer and the Internet. By removing the Internet from my life in a span of more than a week created a few knots and some kinks here and there in my holistic function.
Though I was still able to go on with my life like going to school, eat three times a day, talk to friends, etc. it wasn't just the same. It felt like something's missing. And I think that's a bit scary because I might have been becoming too dependent on the comforts brought about by technology.
I must admit that living in the absence of Internet, though a bit uncomfortable (due to communication services it provides which are essential to my lifestyle like IM, RSS feeds and e-mail), was somewhat fun. The experience of going organic and free from the constraints of the gadgets -- it’s so old school and yet I quite liked it.
If I have the time and opportunity, I'd like to detach myself voluntarily from the digital world for a short while, not just from the Internet but technology in general. The experience made me feel much more alive. Hopefully, when I immerse myself in such unplugged lifestyle, I should have settled all my responsibilities that require the aid of modern-age technology.
I am a digital baby.
And we live in a digital age.
Yet it took me such a long time to realize that fact.
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