There have been numerous articles lately about going tech free for a day, week, or more. I had a forced tech free state for the past month. My cable went out mid January which meant no internet and after waiting a week for a repairman appt., the kind man fixed the problem. The very next day my computer went up in flames. Not only that, but my computer at work, as well as my monitor, and two printers all broke. There is was relying on my blackberry for email. It's not much use for web browsing because the screen is so small. And forget about working on this blog. I have an old laptop of Tom's that I got up and going but it is painfully slow so only used it for work. I couldn't get Netflix instant movies or Vudu because I relied on WiFi which I wasn't getting when the cable went out. Ah the angst of waiting for a movie to come in the mail.
So did I enjoy being tech free. Not really. Since I don't spend my life on the computer anyway, I found it a huge inconvenience. Having technology available is a luxury to me, an easier, faster way of doing things. A time saver when it comes to bill paying and ordering products I would normally have to go shopping for, like personal hygiene items from Amazon and drugstore.com. I also bought the new printers, computers and monitor online. And they appeared at my doorstep a few days after ordering them. I rely on the invisible to get entertainment, though the magical cordless WiFi which I have no idea how it works. And if I develop a curiosity about say, decoupaging or where salt comes from, I have an answer in minutes.
I do go tech free on vacation. I only access the world wide web to stay in touch with my office. Since I do not have anyone to cover for me, I have to be accessible to my patients. Email and electronic prescribing work great.
So, sorry if you missed me the last month. My luxuries were not available to me.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
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