'We need to build a future where we have a sustainable relationship with the environment, technology, time, and each other,' writes tiffanyshlain for usatodayopinion.
On a recent clear Saturday morning, our 17-year-old daughter Odessa strapped on her face mask, and turned to me, my husband Ken, and our other daughter, all masked and said, “Our screen-free day is the only day I don’t feel like we’re in quarantine.”For the past 10 years, my family has turned off all screens from Friday night to Saturday night for what we call our Tech Shabbats.
Being able to stay at home feels like a privilege in so many ways. But the screens we need are also depleting. Working from home makes every day a workday. School hours can be any hours. Office hours go all day. Social time all takes place online. We’re going from screen to screen, hopping from one Zoom room to the next like it’s a warped Brady Bunch bingo. The week dissolves into an exhausting stream of streams.
Now, when I get really worried about this long, arduous road ahead, my screen-free day is what keeps me steady. It helps me think of one week at a time and put one foot in front of the other as we all try to figure out the best path forward. In a time when all plans are cancelled, it helps me have something to look forward to.
Before the pandemic, I felt like we were everywhere and nowhere at the same time, always staring at our phones. I hope when this period ends we rebuild a world that values reflection, appreciation, and authentic connection. I hope that when we get to see each other again in person, after traveling in this social desert, that we perhaps put our phones down and truly be present.
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