Life without the internet isn’t as dull as I expected, but it also isn’t nearly as eventful as I had hoped. Somehow, even after taking away everything I usually fill my free time with, I don’t recall getting much actually done. In fact, I can’t recall many details of any particular day lately. Everything blends together into one very long, very even day. It’s as if I were medicated. 38/365

Today, I picked up a custom bike I ordered a while back. It’s taken some time to finish, but it’s perfect. This is going to be the way I lose weight and start some real changes in 2010. 37/365

Now I realize why I’ve been ignoring the real world for so long. There’s always something shitty to be done. Example: A mystery leak sprung in the one stretch of carpet in my house, ruining it and causing the awful smell of ruined wet carpet. And I noticed that my dishwasher isn’t working. I’d rather be online right now. 36/365

Just a week ago, I was overwhelmed with pointless information, status updates from people I should be seeing in person, floods of tech news, and all sorts of random trivia. Now, rather than wondering what I’d do without it, I’m not sure what I would do with all this garbage. 35/365

Alright, it turns out cutting out the internet isn’t good enough to get me off my ass and doing useful things. After a week mostly offline, I’ve gotten used to it, and I spent most of the day playing video games. I should have known I’d have to use some actual willpower. 34/365

My first weekend without wasting time on the internet has me feeling less rushed than usual. By not wasting so much time, it seems as if my time has doubled. I keep checking the clock thinking it’s much later than it is. 33/365

After nearly a week "off the grid" I’m about as out of contact with people as I had expected. But I’ve been talking on the phone as well, and voice is still better than text. Maybe I’m keeping in contact a little better than I’d expected. 32/365

It seems when there is nothing to do, time still seems to move quickly. Four days of silence and each moves into the next unnoticed. In improving the signal-to-noise ratio in my life, I’m finding there’s almost nothing left once I remove the nosie. 31/365

One of the first thoughts I had when I started cutting my online connections for the month was that I’d get used to the isolation too quickly, or too easily. Just three days in, and I’m already growing accustomed to this. There’s so little noise now, but still no signal. 30/365

One day into my self-imposed offline imprisonment, I’m already a little off. Since I’ve long since lost any real-life social network, this feels like I’m going away for a while, like I’m taking a 21st century walkabout. So much of my life exists online that by leaving it all behind I’m leaving my own life behind, and by existing solely in the physical world, I’m walking into the unknown. 29/365