So why did I chose to stay offline?
I could try and tell you that it would not be a break from work if I was online but the reality is that I've come close to achieving something few people ever do. I actually enjoy my work.
I could have chosen to stay on-line anonymously, not writing blog posts, commenting on others, answering emails etc. but that is just so never going to happen.
I could have sat in the hotel bar, or in a lounger by the swimming pool, with my laptop powered up and the wifi activity lights blinking, but would I then be "the sad geek who can't log off", someone who just can't survive without reading about the minutae of other peoples lives over a morning coffee? Or could I really survive without the Net, even if it was only for 7 days.
What I was hoping to ascertain was:
- would I really miss the net if I stayed offline?
- would I overcome the temptation to just have a "quick look"?
- would anything truly significant happen that I would be disconnected from?
Before I left home I would have guessed Yes, Yes and Yes.
In reality the answer was "only a little", Yes and "absolutely nothing".