Technology

Technology. The thing we are bombarded with first thing in the morning and the last thing before bed. Cell phones, web surfing, email (all 5 accounts), video games, facebook, TV, car radio. People can literally have access to you 24/7. Mitch and I realized the other night, that we needed to take a serious look at the amount of time we consume (or waste) on technology. If we recorded minute by minute the amount of time we spend on our cell phones, checking email or facebook, and playing video games it would amount to several hours (for each of us) by the end of the week. When we complain about not having time and being so busy, I think about how much time could be saved by being "unaccessible," and by living in some silence.

Until Easter (an early lent), we are giving up facebook, video games, and "computer" time (except for school work) during the week. We are going to focus on spending time with each other, talking to friends and family, reading with each other, and loving on our baby girl. We started a puzzle, I got out my scrapbook stuff, and we started some new books. As always, the last thing I do before bed, is spend time with God, in his word, or reading some other devotional, but now that time has grown and includes journeling as well (something that was put on the backburner when school started). I'm so optimistic about this new transition and after a week, I'm feeling good about our decision to step away, and be silent for a while.

I'm not jugding anyone who has internet on their phone, but I would become addicted to checking emails and facebook if I had that data plan. It just wouldn't be healthy for me. I don't have anything against facebook, either. I love catching up with friends and posting pictures for people to see, but I don't need to be on every day, or even every week. One email check a day is good too.

I don't like to think about what technology will look like when Kinsey is grown up. Will kids walk around like zombies texting and typing on their cell phones? Will anyone need to learn how to communicate with others? Why do 2nd graders have facebook?

Ahhh, as the world turns, so do the days of our lives...