Into the Tech-Free Yonder...
Over Labor Day weekend, as is our tradition, my husband and I went with some friends camping about 4 hours north of Phoenix. There is beautiful, clean air filled with the scent of pine trees, humidity coming off the trout filled lakes, and the sounds of bugling elk woven through the aspen trees at night. What you won't find is cell phone service. Commence panic. (GIF courtesy of Buzzfeed.com) I will admit, that even though we go to this place every year, I am always surprised that there is no cell service initially. Eventually this gives way to the feeling of relief. For the entire weekend, I will not feel the need to be tethered to the weight of notifications and Facebook likes. It's just me, our dog, and a hammock between those aspen trees- my own personal digital detox. It isn't until I can put my feet up and turn the actual page on a book that I am remind just how addicted to technology I really am. In a recent story on NPR , the topic of Internet addiction