{"id":670,"date":"2019-02-22T08:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T08:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2019-02-22T08:31:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T08:31:06","slug":"time-to-switch-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"Time to switch off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes its good to switch off from technology, step away from your screen and\u00a0see the beauty of the world around you.<\/p>\n

Look around at the scenery.<\/p>\n

Take time to smell the roses.<\/p>\n

Enjoy new experiences.<\/p>\n

Discover new things……<\/p>\n

Give yourself a digital\u00a0detox<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I know there are people that offer retreats banning the use of\u00a0laptops and smartphones etc. I get that sometimes you just need to step away from your screen and experience life.
\nFor us, visiting Cuba a couple of years ago, meant stepping away from the laptop by default. Our mobile phones would not work there and internet access was totally unavailable at one hotel we visited and difficult to connect to at another.<\/p>\n

Was this a problem?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Not really.<\/p>\n

We were prepared to embrace the lack of coverage. We set up an emergency email address for current clients that was monitored in our absence and were able to check in with home for half an hour mid-way through the holiday. The rest of the time we enjoyed our holiday, making new friends, exploring\u00a0Cuba, drinking cocktails, discovering world heritage sites, swimming in the Bay of Pigs…..<\/p>\n

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Swimming in The bay of Pigs, Cuba – photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/b>\u00a0Which leads to the Overflowing Inbox<\/strong><\/h3>\n

<\/b>When we landed at\u00a0Heathrow and I switched on my phone I already had 8000 new emails waiting for my attention!<\/p>\n

Added to the thousands already in my inbox “to read later” and “to keep in case I need them” and my inbox was overflowing with stuff there was no way I’d ever read.<\/p>\n

And so I did the only thing possible. I signed up for\u00a0Alice Jennings<\/a>\u00a0Inbox Detox Challenge. With her help I’ve archived loads, unsubscribed where I can (why do some sites make it impossible?) and started to organise my inbox into folders.<\/p>\n

At the end of all this organising I’m going to need another holiday!<\/p>\n

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Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n