unplug at 8

During the winter I find it's so easy to come home from work, where I stare at screens all day, make tea, wash up and then spend the rest of the evening staring at more screens until it's time to sleep.

This year that's all changing. Inspired by GOOD's 'Unplug at 8' challenge, all my screen-staring activity stops at 8pm from now on.

No email, no blogging, no Facebook, no Twitter. The internet gets switched off at 8pm every evening.

Instead, maybe I will read all the books that have been taking up space on my shelves for so long. Maybe I'll start writing. Or drawing. Or playing board games with M (unless she's staring at one of her own screens). Maybe I will use the time to organise myself and get my bag ready for the following morning, or by making tomorrow's lunch...

The possibilities are endless. It's time to unshackle myself from the chains of the internet, to seize the evening, to -

- time's up, it's 8pm. 

Time to unplug.