Comments on: How to Establish Your Offline Presence http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/ Life, Art, and Other Unfinished Work Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Matt Blair http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1331 Matt Blair Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:39:25 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1331 "Learn to do something that doesn’t require a plug in." Well said! I'm imagining t-shirts and bumper stickers! When I started traveling for extended periods of time, I used to designate one out of every five or six days "no camera" or "no tape recorder" days to make sure I wasn't so distracted by my "capture" tools that I failed to absorb the richness of the world around me. Tech is great, but I think we need to consciously engage all those senses that are under-stimulated by our digital interactions: taste, smell, movement, balance and touch. “Learn to do something that doesn’t require a plug in.”

Well said! I’m imagining t-shirts and bumper stickers!

When I started traveling for extended periods of time, I used to designate one out of every five or six days “no camera” or “no tape recorder” days to make sure I wasn’t so distracted by my “capture” tools that I failed to absorb the richness of the world around me.

Tech is great, but I think we need to consciously engage all those senses that are under-stimulated by our digital interactions: taste, smell, movement, balance and touch.

]]> By: Laurie Foley http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 Laurie Foley Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:53:11 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1330 Love your idea that we should be clear about why we're logging on. I have to admit that many times I'm just avoiding something else! And I love the time limit. I have found a timer to be VERY helpful. I impose screentime limits for my child, but not myself... hmmmm... Love your idea that we should be clear about why we’re logging on. I have to admit that many times I’m just avoiding something else!

And I love the time limit. I have found a timer to be VERY helpful. I impose screentime limits for my child, but not myself… hmmmm…

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Ken Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:26:10 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1323 The good old normal stuff is really what life is all about. The good old normal stuff is really what life is all about.

]]> By: Daisy Wright http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Daisy Wright Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:08:26 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1322 Brilliant! It's so easy to get caught up online that we forget the good old normal stuff. Thanks for your perspective Ken. Iwill certainly take your points into consideration. Daisy Brilliant! It’s so easy to get caught up online that we forget the good old normal stuff. Thanks for your perspective Ken. Iwill certainly take your points into consideration.

Daisy

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Ken Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:13:12 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1307 That's how I'm primarily doing it too. I work on my book, blog posts, and connections first thing in the morning. Then I have the rest of the day to explore. I also wrap some things up at the end of the day from time to time. That’s how I’m primarily doing it too. I work on my book, blog posts, and connections first thing in the morning. Then I have the rest of the day to explore.

I also wrap some things up at the end of the day from time to time.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Ken Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:10:54 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1306 Peace and love right back at ya. Peace and love right back at ya.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Ken Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:10:31 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1305 Amen. Amen.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 Ken Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:10:22 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1304 Thanks, Della. Thanks, Della.

]]> By: Lisa Baldwin http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 Lisa Baldwin Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:31:03 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1303 Love this, Ken. I've been experimenting with a 'no computer after midday' guideline and it's working beautifully. My afternoons are for pondering, seeing, putting pencil to paper, and actual living, much to the delight of my body, mind and spirit. And the smaller container really does seem to improve the quality of computer time, as well as the space around it. Great stuff. Love this, Ken.

I’ve been experimenting with a ‘no computer after midday’ guideline and it’s working beautifully. My afternoons are for pondering, seeing, putting pencil to paper, and actual living, much to the delight of my body, mind and spirit.

And the smaller container really does seem to improve the quality of computer time, as well as the space around it.

Great stuff.

]]> By: Connie http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/how-to-establish-your-offline-presence/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Connie Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:56:57 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1658#comment-1302 Ken, I absolutely agree! I think it is so important to have a focus why you are online or you will just get lost out there in the huge universe of the internet and start to lose touch with what is real! I currently am taking a bloggy break...and it feels so good...that I think I'll grant myself these breaks more often!! Thanks for being so fabulously you. Peace & Love. Ken,

I absolutely agree! I think it is so important to have a focus why you are online or you will just get lost out there in the huge universe of the internet and start to lose touch with what is real! I currently am taking a bloggy break…and it feels so good…that I think I’ll grant myself these breaks more often!!

Thanks for being so fabulously you.

Peace & Love.

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