Technology Sabbath

To me it is quickly (or slowly) becoming a matter of necessity to take Technology Sabbath, as suggested by a recent article in Breakpoint. To unplug my life from the god of technology so I can focus on communing with the Almighty God (and spending quality time with my family) even for 12 hours would be a huge challenge for me. But the stats cited in the article is quite startling:

According to a 2005 survey, most Americans—including children—spend at least nine hours a day watching TV, surfing the web, or talking on their cell phones. Of those hours, one-third of the time is spent using two or more of those media at once.

While technology has many worthwhile purposes, it demands a high price from us. Studies have shown that our increasing media dependency is crippling our attention spans, wounding our ability to create meaningful relationships, and generating a false expectation that we should be able to be contacted at every hour of the day.

Do you think you will be able to go over the next 24 hours unplugged?