Twitter, Facebook, and Livejournal hiatus

In the past I have been quite a presence on Livejournal. Not so much anymore. I don't really do much with my Facebook either. I spend a lot more of my attention on Twitter. Nevertheless, each one commands some amount of my attention on a daily basis.

But I can't help but wonder... what would it be like if I completely cut myself off from all of those? Would I be able to put that attention to better use?

I intend to find out, and for this reason I am going on hiatus from all three services. I do not now how long I will be hiatus-ing. I will return no sooner than Friday, February 6. I may be away as late as Sunday, March 1. More likely it will be somewhere between those two dates.

So, during this time, those accounts will not be active, but I'm also not going to lurk, either. I've been mostly a lurk on Livejournal for a while now, but now I won't even be reading posts. I will also be disabling e-mail notifications from all three services.

During this time I will (hopefully) update this blog every so often. You will also be able to contact me via e-mail at the following address:

thomasmdickinson[at sign goes here]gmail[period goes here]com

Or if you have my mobile phone number, you can contact me by calling or text messaging me. I don't expect that I will log into AIM during this period either.

This might seem abrupt but it's something I've been thinking a lot about recently and I think it's the best thing for me to do at this point in my life.