Gadgetry and technology is fantastic. They offer endless possibilities for entertainment, make our lives 'easier' in the household, provided that assembly of a new grass mower does not turn into hours of swearing, and generally go hand in hand with progress of civilization. And that's what we all want, right?!?!
I got little bit obsessed with my iPod in the last few years. Putting my headphones on before the house door shut closed in the morning and not taking them off until the moment I walk back in.
It helps me to 'escape' from what is going on around me – at work, on the city streets, while jogging, while riding my scooter (oops!), in supermarkets...constantly escaping. Escaping from reality.
The immediate effect of having the beats of trance enchanting your senses is that you can hear nothing. That includes cars on the street – countless the occasions I was almost hit by car while crossing the road. The fact that I crashed into a car while riding my motor bike a year ago should have probably stopped me from plugging those mini white speakers into my ears. Well, it did not.
IwantChange Number Two: Matrix dilemma: Unplug me
Technology-free time
As much as I am techno-generation it is undeniable that rather than making us – humans – grow together it only makes us to grow apart. ( - no I am not talking about my neighbor who wont say hello to me because of my loud parties ) We spend all this time 'plugged' to the machines communicating or trying our very best not-to-be-talked-to. What happened to face-to-face communication? We shop online, we seek information online, we search perfect partners online. We even having a sex txt sessions.
I figured that I will have more interactions with people when I partially unplug myself.
Ipod only for walks and jogging, uninstalling msn...I might bump into the love of my life next time I do my grocery shopping.
Imagine all the possibilities.
Update on:
iWantChange Number One: Time Management
I am doing okay I think. Started writing down a daily 'to-do' list. I must have read this advise in one of the many self-help motivational books I never finished reading. haha
I did manage to avoid FB for almost two days. But I have rediscovered txt messaging. Two hours of 'hw u doin' and 'whats up,man' and trance-music fix. And you do need to read international news, right? Someone help me! iWantChange!!
Stay tuned!
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