<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">I&nbsp;spend a lot of time online, and I'd like you to sponsor me to unhook&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="color: #800000;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>A stupid amount of&nbsp;my life at home and at work is spent in a self-constructed digital gulag - on the web,&nbsp;email, twitter, and other nonsense.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm going on holiday, and aside from occasional satnav use to get us there, am hoping to live without&nbsp;communications technology for as long as I can between <span style="color: #800000;">midnight Sat 4th/Sun 5th June til midnight Sat 18th/Sun 19th June</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This will mean no&nbsp;phone, no laptop, no quick checking in at cyber-caffs. Not even a red button on the telly.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Knowing you are sponsoring me will help me to stay clean.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The money's going the <a title="Leeds Samaritans" href="http://www.samaritans.org/talk_to_someone/find_my_local_branch/yorkshire_and_the_humber/leeds.aspx" target="_blank">Samaritans</a> in Leeds, who&nbsp;run a 24/7 service, whilst&nbsp;turning <a title="Leeds Samaritans at the Charity Commission " href="http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=255115&amp;SubsidiaryNumber=0" target="_blank">less than &pound;50k a year</a>. They get no money from Adult Social Care or the NHS.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you want something for your money, instead I'll keep a journal of what I do/think/read/talk about with Sam, and which I'll share with you - if you want me to.</p>