Logging Off

by Nick Spalding

The default emotional state for engagement on Twitter is ‘livid about something – anything – doesn’t really matter what’.

The Internet is a part of our lives that isn’t going away, but you should only use it when you have to – for work or emergencies.

Technology has a way of regimenting your existence, which only becomes truly apparent once you have to do without it. It’s almost as if all that reliance on computers starts to turn you into a bit of a computer yourself.

if you just let life come at you every now and again, you might be pleasantly surprised – and you might find you enjoy yourself a lot more.

Feeling free does not also stop you from feeling lost. The two emotions can sit beside each other quite comfortably, it turns out. After all, you could describe a man lost in the desert as also being free, couldn’t you? He may not appreciate it, and would rather you just gave him a bottle of water, but you could do it.

One day at a time. One hour at a time. One minute at a time.

There will be time to worry about the rest of the world later.

There always is.

‘Living a happy life is about knowing how much of yourself you want to let people in on.’

‘You don’t need to listen to anybody else to know what’s right for you.

All you can do is give your best advice to people and let them make their own choices.

Life is about finding your balance. No matter how long it takes. No matter how hard it is to get

there. And no matter how many duck ponds you have to drive into. Because you will get there, eventually. Trust me.

Because logging off isn’t something you should only do once. It’s something you should do every single day.