On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:01, Shoba Narayan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Have you ever tried going a few weeks without consuming news or >> analysis or news media of any form - I mean cold turkey, no way to >> whet your appetite. No TV, no radio, no blogs, no podcasts, no >> magazines, no newspapers. It's remarkably productive. > > This sounds fascinating even though I've never tried it. I've tried being > away from cellphone for a month. On a practical note, where does one go to > get away from the news though?
You'd wonder why they have a timetable[0] for doing nothing. Easier read than done:) By the end of the second day if you dont go crazy yearning for someone to talk to and somehow manage to get through the 10 days, you'll definitely miss the silence on the 11th day. [0] http://www.dhamma.org/en/code.shtml -- .
