The offline life
The offline life
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my wife and I sometimes have "analog weekends" where we simply don't check anything email/web/FB/etc from friday eve to sunday eve.... then get lots of surprised people on Monday... she even gave up FB for lent...
There's a recurring story of some NYC burned out web developers who quit and became goat farmers in Vermont....
I do know the cool mother of a cool woman... she and her hubby quit their city jobs and moved to a remote coffee plantation in Hawaii.... they have to go some distance to even use the phone or email... I know it's not all fun.. can certainly be isolated sometimes..
I remember reading about how Jack Karouac was a forest fire watcher for some time, sitting alone on a hill....