I am typing this right now on a smart phone. After quite the agony filled trip to the sprint store in which we switched to an expensive data plan and then were told that the phones we wanted were back ordered for 2 weeks, we were able to order them from the Sprint website and got them in the mail today.
(How’s that for a run on sentence?)
We have decided that access to email and my blog on the fly will actually SAVE me time in the long run, but believe me, I am painfully aware of the fact that this constant connectivity could also become a time-sucker.
A moment responding to a blog related email could quickly turn into a few minutes chatting on Twitter, which could turn into time spent blog hopping and just like that it would be 20 minutes since I last looked up from my screen.
I do not want my son to have a mom whose face is burried behind technology.
I am so grateful that we live in the era we do, when things like spinning wool and making our families’ clothes are hobbies rather than required duties that take up huge chunks of time in our days as moms. I am glad I can choose to check email on a handheld device and then spend the rest of the morning rolling around on the rug singing the farmer in the dell with my son, without having to worry about butchering the meat I need for dinner.
But secretly, somewhere deep down inside, I wish I lived in a simpler time. I know, I know, simpler is relative. It’s just a thought I have…
That I get to share with you via my data phone.(Which is awesome.)
I am constantly having to tell myself, “put the iphone down and walk away”. Last night my husband and I went out for my birthday, and while waiting for our table we were glued to our phones. Him checking works e-mails, me just surfing the web. We realized at the same time that we were wasting precious moments alone together (since Nana was at home with our two little ones). Both phones quickly went into my purse and there they stayed for the rest of the night. It most definitely is an exercise in self-control! I agree wholeheartedly on that matter!
i love technology but i get sucked in too easily. i need to work on that self control thing you speak of…..
I totally, totally get you on the “simpler” time being relative. I bet it didn’t feel simple then. I also get you on the technology thing. Sometimes I hate my laptop, but I am convinced I would die without it.
I so understand…I finally got a smartphone (the Droid on Verizon’s network) because I’d be able to check Facebook and Twitter (which I use to market and converse) as well as my blog without being tied to the computer. Instead I can answer emails on my phone, moderate comments via my phone, and then spend most of the day actually accomplishing things at home. Plus I never get lost anymore with the Navigation feature. That’s a big time saver.
It’s VERY easy to suddenly have spent 30 minutes when you PROMISED 10. I am working on this. Congrats on the new phone!!
I know – I’m awful! But technology does rock. And I’m sooooooo glad that I don’t have to slaughter my own meat. Though my dad insists that it would be good for me.
I’m headed the other direction. I refuse to get a smart phone and several months ago, my husband and I disabled texting on our phones. We’re selling our TV after the World Cup ti simplify even more. I think it will be liberating. This is coming from a couple of spent a year in a remote village in SE Asia as Peace Corps Volunteers and had no problem with that – I even assisted in preparing a live chicken for supper one night.
That being said, I don’t make money via the internet. I understand how it can be helpful to those who do.