I've been wrestling with my schedule lately, trying to get a solid hold on how I'm spending my time and energy so I can cut things out or be more disciplined (this is my perpetual battle). Again and again, I come back to how much time I've been spending with my beloved Internet. Technology is beneficial only insofar as it serves us...but many of us have instead become its slaves.Not that you'd know it by the infrequency of my blog posts for the last several months, but I really am spending too much time "plugged in." I don't have an iPod, and I'm not as much of a texting fiend or cell phone user as many people my age, but I'm almost certain I would be reduced to a quivering blob of jelly in the corner if someone were to take away my Web access for more than a few days at a time. It's where I get my news; how I stay in touch with friends, make social plans, and archive the goings-on of my life and volunteer work; it's how I *do* some of my volunteer work; it's even a significant component of my (ahem, actual PAID) job.
Certainly it's no coincidence that in the last few weeks -- since I've been praying for wisdom and insight into the problem of my technical difficulties, as it were -- I've run across three wise and insightful articles on the subject. Any of you wearing similar cyber-shackles would do well to get some perspective here:
* Joe Thorn on "unplugging"
* Joe Carter on taking an "Info-Techno Sabbath"
* Mark Driscoll on "Cell Sin"
(Too many HT's to list...everyone's talking about this topic!)
3 comments:
As Os has written, the terminal can be terminal.
If it's any consolation to you, I wrestle with the same demons. I try to get my work done everyday so that I can play on the Internet. That's how I deal.
Unfortunately, I have discovered Scrabulous on FaceBook. I feel your pain. :)
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