the "dangerous" books

No, it's not as bad as it sounds. There are a couple of new books out there that are "The Daring Book for Girls" and "The Dangerous Book for Boys". Now, their gender can do what is in either book, but they are a blast. They are so much fun.

The books include instructions on the typical things that are "gender" appropriate, but also on things that you might remember doing as a kid or hearing your parents or grandparents talking about.

I this technologically driven age, we seem to forget how to do things without technology. I decided to try a few of the activities in the book for girls and at first I kept thinking "I know how to do this on the 'puter" or "There is such a faster way of doing this" but then I found myself really beginning to like what I was doing and enjoying doing it that simply.

That made me think of something else to try. I decided to go a month without my cell phone for just idle chitchat. I had it with me in case of an emergency, but I didn't use. I also didn't use the computer for outside of checking e-mail or doing assignments because of my classes. That is the reason why this blog has such a big gap. At times, I didn't know what to do with myself. I would find myself thinking about the game(s) that were on the computer and how I hadn't played that in a while; or wondering if a friend from half-way around the world was on messenger and if I should get on to chat. But then I caught myself and tried something different. I tried remembering some card games I used to play, I picked up a book for actual reading instead of for class, I wrote a few letters to friends, I went for walks/jogs in the canyons. I found that after a few days of not having myself tied to my computer or my phone, I felt a bit better. My back and eyes didn't hurt from sitting in front of the computer for ages.

This world of technology has kind of destroyed us–especially if it is the younger generations who have grown up with all this around. We start to depend on it in ways that we never thought we would be.

If everyone would take the time, perhaps once or twice a week to start, to just stop with technology, I believe that they would find out more about themselves and pick up some good books and some good habits.