What Happened When I Took a Break from the Internet
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On Wednesday, June 12, I uploaded this image to Instagram. I set my Twitter name to "Julie Falatko is having an analog summer." And I turned on the out-of-office reply on my email accounts. It was time to go offline. Why? When there were two weeks left before my kids were going to get out of school and be home with me, I mapped out what I'd have to do to complete a rough draft of the rewrite I was (am) working on. I'd have to do 5000 words a day. Which is a lot, but not impossible. If I even got 3000 words a day, I'd be close. Instead, my word count hovered between 1000-2000 words a day, and those were all scattered and distracted words. And on Tuesday, June 11, a day when my only big non-writing task was to drive my car to the mechanic and walk the 10 minute walk back to my house, my word count was zero. ZERO.
What Happened When I Took a Break from the Internet
What Happened When I Took a Break from the…
What Happened When I Took a Break from the Internet
On Wednesday, June 12, I uploaded this image to Instagram. I set my Twitter name to "Julie Falatko is having an analog summer." And I turned on the out-of-office reply on my email accounts. It was time to go offline. Why? When there were two weeks left before my kids were going to get out of school and be home with me, I mapped out what I'd have to do to complete a rough draft of the rewrite I was (am) working on. I'd have to do 5000 words a day. Which is a lot, but not impossible. If I even got 3000 words a day, I'd be close. Instead, my word count hovered between 1000-2000 words a day, and those were all scattered and distracted words. And on Tuesday, June 11, a day when my only big non-writing task was to drive my car to the mechanic and walk the 10 minute walk back to my house, my word count was zero. ZERO.