Usa ka tuig nga walay Internet?

Usa ka manunulat ang naghimo ug self-imposed exile gikan sa paggamit sa Internet ug gisaysay niya nga posible ang maong butang bisan pa man sa daghang kalisdanan.

Sa usa ka artikulo sa cnn.com, gisaysay ni Paul Miller nga daghang butang ang iyang nabuhat bisan pa wala siya migamit sa Internet sa sulod sa usa ka tuig. Mibalig siya og gamit sa Internet, May 1.

“I really learned a lot about myself. I did have a lot of free time, but a lot of it was loneliness and boredom in ways that I hadn’t really experienced before,” giingon niya.

Sumala niya, daghang mga libro ang iyang nabasa sulod sa usa ka tuig nga dili unta niya mabasa kung wala niya gihimo ang pag-puasa sa paggamit sa Internet.

Giingon usab niya nga gusto niya maghimo og news reporting pero lisud himoon ang maong butang kung walay Internet connection. “Not only was it really hard for me, but it was really hard on my editors because they had to pick up the slack.”

Karon nga nakabalik na siya sa pag-gamit sa Internet plano niya nga i-prioritize ang tanang aspeto sa iyang kinabuhi.

“I want to prioritize family and friends, and productivity and learning, over just generally consuming and being entertained. And that takes work because the Internet is so happy to entertain you. I want to find a way to use the Internet in that way, but unfortunately I’m really out of practice, so I kind of have to learn it from scratch. I don’t think I got better at using the Internet by not using it,” giingon niya.

“Now that I’m back on the Internet I really want to be the shining example of what it’s like to actually pay attention to somebody and put away your devices,” dugang pa niya.