/lit/ - Literature

After spending four days offline I've come to the conclusion that there's some sort of distraction field that emanates from routers. I don't mean that entirely literally, but it does seem that just having that connection is a whisper into your ear at all times, even if it's just a quick "I wonder if I have any email?"

Making a list of things I needed to do online and not even giving it a second though for the rest of the time seems more peaceful, tranquil even. And if you don't have a television either, and use the screen only for something productive (writing, drawing, whatever) seems to cause a recession in a sense of technological panic I think a lot of people feel even while "relaxing" with those devices.

Not only that but I slept better, dreamt more and remembered them after waking up, and just generally felt more at ease.

I just spent two days offline, and I noticed a massive improvement to my mood, my eyesight, my sleep. Basically a positive in all fields.
Not only that but I felt that my imagination was starting to become more "vivid" in a way that I really can't explain without comparing it to outsourcing. It was like no matter what I was using the internet for it was making it so my own inner voice, thoughts, imaging, basically everything, didn't work as hard.

I'm sure some people wont respond this way, but for me it happened by the middle of the next day, which makes me wonder if there's some people that are, to put it in admittedly alarmist terms, allergic to technology as it now exists. Going to try for 3 days, then a week, and see what happens then.

One thing I do need is an offline word processor though because notepad sucked for writing long form.