Hastings and Hastings Lauds the Grassroots Movement, "Unplug Sunday Campaign"

    PHOENIX, AZ, July 14, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Although the birth of the internet, multimedia devices, and social networks are a step towards progress and innovation, enjoying the real world unfettered by social media is a pathway to health and happiness.

Some hold that the rise of social media, the internet, and multimedia devices have caused a corresponding fall in healthy activities. People socialize less, exercise less, and neglect spending time with friends and family in exchange for a fictional digital word. People live and die by tweets and Facebook posts.

Some people even allege that the rise in anxiety diagnoses for college kids can be traced to a rise in the use of social media. The New York Time recently reported that generalized anxiety has replaced depression as the most frequently diagnosed mental condition amongst college kids. The link between the use of social media and general anxiety disorder cannot be ignored. Some students even reported that they skipped class in order to stay home and follow a development on a Facebook page. Absurd, right? Regardless, it happens, and thus the "Unplug Sunday Campaign" has its genesis.

"We glad to endorse the "Unplug Sunday Campaign," because people are too connected to their multimedia devices. You are supposed to own the technology, not let the technology own you," said David Hastings, owner and attorney at Hastings and Hastings.

The parameters of the grassroots campaign are rather simple--it does not involve heaving your computer into Walden Pond. First off, all interaction with social media sites is strictly prohibited. Absolutely no Facebook, Twitter, or Myspace visits are allowed. Secondly, internet use should be strictly limited for utility. Instead of reading your favorite blog, open a book. Instead of online shopping get out to a store. Instead of plugging in your iPod to bump Billy Joel, take your significant other out to a piano bar and have a few cocktails. Instead of watching a football at home, why not head to the park?

Indeed, we are blurring the lines between fact and fiction, existence and reality. Indeed, the "Unplug Sunday Campaign" is an effort to retreat back to a simpler time. To get in touch with the nature. To reach out to fellow human's with a modus operandi that does not involve tweets, posts or likes.

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