Detox Tuesdays

No, i'm not a drunk.  haha.  Well maybe I am a bit too intoxicated by my smart phone!  I have a love/hate with it.  I hate that I love it so much. haha.  Seriously though, this year our family will be doing Detox Tuesdays.  That means that all cellular or iproducts are off limits from 5-10 p.m.!!!  We are all arguing over who this will be hardest for!  The kids say me.  I say my husband.  My husband says the kids.I actually think it will be hard for all of us, at first.  But I do know that this summer when we had Detox Sunday's occasionally, we all enJOYed the break! (although I don't think anyone would admit it!)I just find that more and more, I look up to see all of us hanging out together...but then see we are all totally engaged in our little smart devices.  It's so embarrassing!  I always think that if we were on a reality show and being taped, I'd be ashamed!  But on the other hand, I run my businesses virtually, so I"m always checking in and doing customer support.  And of course, I have to play my words with friends.  Oh, and I must look at the cute instragram photos my nieces and nephews are always posting.yep. I'm an addict!  and I hate it!My friend K sent me an email this week that her hubs sent her:

Researchers are saying that we check our mobile devices every four minutes. That seems like an inaccurate number to me. I think the real number is more like every thirty seconds. Or maybe it’s not even a number. For some, I think the frequency is more like always. Checking smart phones is an addiction.

This will be phase one of our detoxing... at a later date, I hope to instigate no phone zones at different times.  When we go out to eat.  Or we are playing games etc.  It's not going to be easy, but I think this fight is one I'm willing to push through.  I promise to report a follow up soon on how these Detox Tuesday's go... wish us luck and please don't give up on me if I don't play my word on wwf  until late Tuesday night!
update... my friend AMQS sent me this video proof that we are doing detox for the right reasons!!!  love this.  http://www.artthesystem.com/2013/12/after-i-saw-this-i-put-down-my-phone.html
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