Inspired by Paul Miller’s personal experiment of going one year with absolutely no 1 , the writer went on his own short 2 detox. He did it because having been plugged in 24-7 for a decade, he wanted to see what would happen if he went 3 for a while. So during his winter vacation to Mexico, he didn’t go 4 except to check his email. As a result, he discovered that 5 is no evil and technology is already a 6 of him now. Nevertheless, he also came to the conclusion that it is the 7 of thoughtful articles and good books, not snacky online content, that 8 the mind.