How to take a break from Facebook and Twitter

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Today is the first day of a well-earned vacation on Nantucket.

I’ll be back on Monday, refreshed and ready to rip it up on Facebook, Twitter and this blog.

Gone fishing signs

You need a break too every now and then – right?

But if you’re like me, you find it hard to shut down the laptop and leave your iPhone on the kitchen counter. You and I are desperately (but needlessly) tethered to our (de)vices – but we need to take a break. After all, we’re only animals.

So how do you just up and leave Twitter, Facebook and WordPress?

The way I’ll be doing it is with a “gone fishing” sign:

On vacation – Won’t be on Facebook, Twitter or responding to blog comments. If there’s an emergency, you have my cell. Take care! icon smile How to take a break from Facebook and Twitter

I’ll miss you guys!

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  • http://katjaibur.posterous.com/ Kat Jaibur

    Ummm, John, I believe what you're doing is called a “long weekend”. We need to work on that “vacation” concept. :) Nonetheless, it is great to unplug. And feel un-guilty about it. I hope you have a wonderful time. You certainly deserve it. And here's an auto-reply I received a week ago that is so awesome I have to share it:
    “I'm driving the back roads of XXXXX until August 30th.
    I'll be checking email here n' there. If this is urgent…well…it rarely is.”
    Enjoy Nantucket! Will you be bringing limericks back? :)

    • http://ariwriter.com Ari Herzog

      Ditto, if you know when you're coming back, it's not a vacation.

  • http://alidavies.com/ Ali Davies

    A couple of weeks ago I went camping for a few days with my family and totally disconnected – no email, facebook, twitter. Even the mobile phone was switched off. It felt really liberating and I must admit I enjoyed it totally. So much so that onc eI get back I have upped my disconnect levels back home and have a new disconnect policy for my home business. Hope you enjoyed your disconnect.

  • Susanly

    We rented a beach house with NO WIFI! Didn't touch any of this stuff for a week! It was actually nice.

  • http://www.directorysubmissionservices.net Nick

    I think taking a break is awesome retired for some day from all work it is cool…

  • http://statusforfacebook.us/ facebook status

    Wow