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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

Told You So: Unplugging is Good for You

August 25, 2010 by Kate Mayer 1 Comment

Did you see it? The New York Times fabulous tech story on unplugging??

Not one to chant “I told you so” to anyone other than the kids, and my husband, and my sisters, and often my mother under my breath, but here’s proof that unplugging is not only good for the family, the psyche, relationships, business, but waa-laa — good for the brain as well.

My tech-free vacation that seemed so impossible to my clients, so torturous to my kids, so tempting to my friends, and freakishly absurd to fellow Sandy Island campers, well, guess what? I got the science to prove it.

Go figure! Well, you know, told you . . .


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  1. Summer Vacation Unplugged - Kathryn Mayer says:
    February 10, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    […] hubby & I instituted a no cell, no ipod, no laptop, no kidding rule for our fam. We did so last year, and after we battled teenage mutiny, our week was absolutely awesome. This year, Kid1, 2, and 3 […]

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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