In the spring of 2009, California-based writer Sharael Kolberg did the math and estimated that she spent four months of her year using some form of entertainment technology — whether watching TV or surfing the Internet.
So Kolberg, 44, proposed a bold plan to her husband, a marketing executive, and their 5-year-old daughter: rid their home of all technology, from TV and phones to the Internet and digital cameras, for one full year. The result is Kolberg’s newly released book, “A Year Unplugged: A Family’s Life Without Technology”.
“We went back to the ‘80s, basically. I got out my record player and typewriter, we used the phone book and paper maps,” Kolberg said. “It enhanced our relationships with our friends and family. Technology takes that away from us.”
[For more of this story, written by Chandra Johnson, go to http://national.deseretnews.com/article/4200/How-one-woman-unplugged-from-technology-for-her-family-2-and-how-you-can-too.html#OQu41lhmiwF3XG2P.99]
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