Techno-Detox

Don't get me wrong, I love the internet and technology as much as the next person, but I do think it's a little too controlling. People take this stuff WAY too seriously. I wish I could go a few days without constantly having to check all my facebook, twitter, rkop, blogs, etc just to make sure everything is okay with everyone in the world. I was actually talking to my cousin yesterday about this, kind of. I was asking her if I could borrow her GPS next weekend, as I am taking a personal day to Iowa. Anyway, we got on the subject of mapquest, then maps in general (shout out to Rand McNally) and then we were like, wait, how did people know where they were going before that? She suggested maps, but that seems tricky. How reliable can a paper with just highways be? So if any elderly people would like to enlighten me on how in the world you knew were you were going, please let me know. Also, how dangerous was it before cell phones?! I was watching Seinfeld the other day, as usual, and I mostly find myself saying, boy a mobile telephone would sure come in handy in most of these situations. I can't even imagine how many accidents could have been avoided had people just got out their cell phones. You would never know where anyone was!!

Well now it sounds like I'm on the side for technology, which, I guess I am, but it'd be nice if we didn't have to rely on it all the time. I think people would be a lot happier and less stressful. Everything personal about a person can be found on facebook. People feel the need to write insanely personal statuses, which I always find odd. Like, omg i love Tom. Or the depressing ones are always nice... not. I don't want to see that. That's why most of my updates are inspirational, or hysterical. I try to lift up others, not create tension.

I want to propose a day where I can just turn everything off. I do not want to talk on my cell phone, check in with any social networks, play online scrabble, or anything else technology-wise. I feel like this would clear my mind. Like a techno-detox. Staring at a computer screen all night cannot be good for you.

Alright, well I think I made my point. I really do want to do this for at least one day, so I'll have to decide which day is good. That makes me sad I have to schedule around what's going on based on technology haha but it's a fact.

Love to You,

Kayla