By Lisa Amin Gulezian, ABC News
Here’s a challenge — could you give up your cell phones, computers, and social networking sites for just one day? That’s a challenge that starts on Friday. It is an annual effort to try something new this year and to get people to unplug.
Annamarie Dunn said she’s tied to technology “all day long, every day. I’ve got a BlackBerry, computer.”
Lawrence McNeil from Menlo Park said he is tied to his iPad and laptop.
So ABC7 asked a few people how much time they spent in the technical world.”I think my phone and laptop are 95 percent of my life,” said Nima Moridi from San Jose.
Have you ever thought about reconnecting with the world around you by shutting off everything and going through a digital detox? That means no facebooking, tweeting or texting — nothing. That is what the National Day of Unplugging is about.
“We felt there needed to be a balance brought back into life and that people could use a pause from technology,” said Tanya Schevitz from Reboot.
Watch the segment here.