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If you were given $1,000, would you be able to give up your phone and Internet for one week? Why or why not?

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Question added by Zain Khater , Project Supervisor – StartUp Project , Injaz
Date Posted: 2017/02/15

Absolutely not, Because I have so many important works and I am connected to various sources from where I get time to time updates regarding any particular program or project. Yes, $1000 is a huge amount for me but if I leave my mobile and internet then it may happen that I  could miss some important or priceless information related to my career or my personal life.

Zia Meer
by Zia Meer , IT Director , Exceed Solutions

I wouldn't. As an Architect, mobile/the internet is my bread and butter. I'll lose more than 1K in a week. If you send me on a cruise and 1 week paid vacation, I'll think about it LOL

Mahendar Kumar
by Mahendar Kumar , Freelancer , Freelancer

In my opinion, if i were given $1,000 dollars now, i would be able to leave my mobile and internet not only for one week but may be for two weeks. Why, because $1,000 dollars in my local currency is 100,000 PKR so, it is an easy way to get a good amount of cash while doing nothing and may be reading books and watching TV instead. This is my situation but, if someone is earning more than $1,000 dollars in a week because of internet or mobile phone, that person is not going to leave them. So, it depends on anyone's personal situation rather than preference.

Sabina Sienko
by Sabina Sienko , Social Media Specialist , Sana's Kitchen

Definitely yes.... and I would be looking forward to it so much! We are so consumed by our mobiles that everything that is happening around us- we miss that! we miss our families, our friends, someone that might be in need...Instead- we choose the digital world and interactions that are not real... So definitely yes! Call me:)

Mohamad Ali Halabi Hakim
by Mohamad Ali Halabi Hakim , Communications Officer , Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Lebanon

Yes, I could do that & I would take a vacation. On vacations, I do leave my phone & internet behind to enjoy life.