A Search for Unity

I've been toying with this idea for a while now, and I think the time has come for it to be put into practice: from now on, my computer is staying off on Sundays.

I spend far too much time at the computer—in excess of 8 hours a day on average. A lot of that time is spent working, but a lot is also spent on more leisurely activity (instant messaging, Wikipedia-hopping, YouTube-ing, frivolous time-wasting on social networking sites, et cetera). Not to say that all of those activities are to be avoided; but then there is more to life than sitting slouched in front of a screen—I find it dissatisfying.

Signs that it isn't helping me are the slightly arthritic and painful swelling on my fingers, the itchy eyes and at the end of the day and, worst of all, that contemptible tendency to prefer interaction with people behind a screen to more direct communication.

I think this ailment is perhaps best remedied by a return to nature, and to a simpler interaction with the world. I need to get my hands dirty more often. A step in that direction is a low-tech Sunday.