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These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of that or not. And if we can't unplug from that machine, eventually we're going to become mindless.

I think it's nice sometimes not to be plugged in 24/7 to email and the Internet and everything else. It's nice to get away.

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.

In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them - often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.

I have those moments with my kids and family where we try to unplug and just be in the moment. We put everything else to the side and just be there with our family.

I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.

The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.