The longest break I've had in the last few years was two weeks. It was nice. It really feels like moving between two worlds. One thing that I became more aware of were the people that largely live without it. In some sense, I think our interactions on the net work as a dialog that we can move into and out of. Even when I'm not online, if I have been recently, my thoughts will often wander to my last or next interaction: what I said, what someone said, what I want to say. If I unplug for a few days, that dialog falls silent. I know a few people that consciously unplug from time to time. I believe that it is a healthy thing to do. IMO shifting your perspective from time to time is a healthy thing in general.
IMO shifting your perspective from time to time is a healthy thing in general
| Exactly. People have been taking vacations from life's routines for ever, the Internet is now a part of that. I'd bet there's more routine in our online lives than there is IRL. I also think online/IRL is fast becoming a blurred line.