When
I started practicing this principle, about a year ago or so, trying to rest,
and disconnect from social media, I found myself acting like an addict quitting
cold turkey. I was frantic for my phone. I imagined someone was texting or
emailing me and couldn’t get through. I wondered what universe-altering events
I was missing on Facebook. Yet I discovered the world went on just fine without
my constant, obsessive attention. I found out I wasn’t nearly as important as I
had been thinking I was. People got along without me for twenty-four hours. And
I returned rested and better able to help them.
—Herbert Cooper