It’s that “Luddite period” of the year for me ?

It’s that time of the year, again…The time when just seeing a computer makes my skin crawls, my eyes roll all the way back to the back of my head, and where my brain just…shuts down.

I have that urge again.

The urge to just drop everything tech-related, and isolate myself in a cabin. Far in the woods. Far from society. For at least a month every year (and since I’ve been working in my work field – that is now 18 years! fucking wow!), I’ve always had that “urge” to disconnect and stop touching a computer. Code nothing. Design and play nothing on a computer. Just….not touch a damn computer. Like if my life would stop right there if I touched a computer. Crazy, i know, but that’s the feelings I felt every single time I was/am in that mindset. I kinda find it infuriating. And debilitating. Especially when I need to work, you see. Because, well…I need to gain money to life? And normally, juussstttttt normally, I don’t hate my work?

Yeaaahhhhhh, kinda a bad timing, that urge ?

I also have some physical symptoms, where I want to cry, or puke, or I just become aggressive when I see a computer. Crazy, uh?

So I managed to grab some tips and advice, to survive that period of the year where I just feel like a fucking Luddite:

• no touching a computer outside of work. like: REALLY no touching after I leave the office.
• no reading books or online feeds/blogs/sites related to anything tech/web
• disconnect by watching numb TV shows
• bingeing through my Netflix huge to watch  list!
• read! Read, read, reaaaaddddddddd many books: history, scifi, fantasy, etc…
• take walks, and go on urban exploration and photo walks
• just sit on my balcony and watch the clouds move by
• run and play and talk with my daughter
• no tech conference or meetups
• no helping friends with their websites
• sleep!
• go out with my friends

So yeah….it’s that time of the year, again. Lucky for me, this time, it’s happening during summertime. At least I can enjoy tons of outside activities and procrastinating moments in the sun, I guess 😉

Who else has this type of feelings?