Button, button…

My wonderful mother has made me a button:

Handy to have a graphic designer in the family.

My dsl went down on Friday afternoon and I just got it back late this morning. I was surprised and a bit embarrassed by how cut off I felt without my email and web access. Yes, I can argue that as a freelancer who works from a home office, connectivity is essential. But it was SATURDAY. Was it really all that important that I be able to check my email on a Saturday when the sun was shining (and finally not in the awful oppressive manner of earlier in the week)? I could tell you I was just concerned with the connection still being down once the workweek started. And that would be true. Kinda. I think I need to make a pact with myself to keep the computer turned off for one day of each weekend. I don’t want to be that dependent on it. I don’t like the fact that I actually felt a bit anxious without it.

Perhaps I’ll start small…like no computer before three pm. on Saturday, and work my way up to a whole day. I almost said work my way up to a whole weekend, but that made me a bit nervous–just the thought of typing it. I got along just fine in the pre-Web days, thank you very much. I think I need to get just a touch of that back.