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Post by beebs on Feb 5, 2012 11:18:44 GMT -5
Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social MediaCollege Student Drops Social Media, Reconnects with Romance Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old copywriting student at the Chicago Portfolio School, did just that. [Related: See more of Reilly’s work at http://www.bodycopybyjake.com] From October to December, he unplugged from social media, email, texts, and cell phones because he felt that we spend more quality time with gadgets and keyboards than we do with the people we really care about. During his social experiment, he found that some people he counted among his close friends really weren't that close after all. He also discovered that taking a break from his relationship with social media and really paying attention to the people around him can revive real-life romance. I spoke with Reilly over the phone this weekend about his 90-day project, what he learned from living without electronic leashes and how it changed his life. Cont/... news.yahoo.com/90-days-without-cell-phone-email-social-media-015300257.html
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