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Thanks for the link to the book recs! Added lots of them to my "holds" list at the library! Question about your tech/screen break for summer- When you take off the internet, does that include not checking email at all for the whole month/break? Does that also include not online shopping and not researching things on the internet? I am intrigued and want to try it this summer!

My husband and I just returned from the Netherlands two days ago, and during the first couple of days I tried not to use my phone when I wasn't on Wifi because I didn't want to pay the fee per day for using it in a foreign country. But alas, I finally had to use it for maps and also the train app. Ugh. I did not enjoy having to use it for all of that, but it seemed almost impossible not to use the train app to get around.

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I'd be curious to hear about screen sabbaticals from people with corporate jobs???? I work in HR supporting 800+ employees. My company frequently does acquisitions for which I help integrate 50-200 new employees into a new company they didn't choose to join. I also support employee benefits and this is the primary reason I'm not comfortable abandoning my phone altogether. If someone has a major health event and needs help maneuvering insurance, it's important that I'm available. But I also HAVE to be on screens for at least 8 hours a day.

I've given up social media for Lent a few times and it's fine, but I don't feel some back-to-the-world connection from doing so. I do feel like a better human, though. I will also add that I live on 20 acres with my husband (no kids), have 6 dogs, 2 horses a cat and a pony. I ride pretty much every day. I take riding lessons every weekend. I mow a LOT of grass. I do a lot of tending to the health needs of critters. Maybe this is part of why I don't feel like I need the cleanse as much as others do, but help a girl out. How does this work with a demanding corporate job? I will also add that I LOVE my job. Love. Love. Love it. I love supporting and helping leaders. I love problem solving. I love talking to people and learning about them. My employees are spread from California to Virginia and I'm based in Texas so I do travel a fair amount for work.

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