It seems that electronics are everywhere.
Phones, Ipods, Ipads, TVs, computers... all of them take up a large chunk of our day. In fact, sometimes you just sit down to take a quick break from your work, and you end up searching youtube for an hour. Sometimes you play a quick game on your Ipod, and then write a quick email, then play a short game of Minecraft Hunger Games, then watch a youtube video, and the next thing you know it's time to go to bed. The biggest danger with electronics is, I find, that sometimes you don't even realize how much time you're burning. It can be a series of short breaks that turns into one continuous time-wasting session, and that's where it becomes a problem.
And so I've decided, just for one day, to (partially) give up electronics. Starting tomorrow, I'll be cutting all electronic gaming from my day. I can't help but wonder how much time I'll actually save! I'm exited, and I'm nervous, and I'm also ashamed. Why? Because I'm setting down some loopholes. I'm sorry!
Some electronic things, I find, are not actually time-wasting. For example, writing. I consider writing a useful activity if I'm ever going to consider being a writer professionally, and so writing on computers is still allowed. Also, I'm not completely cutting e-mail. You see, I'm in the middle of an important school project that involves communicating with a charity in Edmonton, and so I'll be checking my email in case I get a message from them. Finally, I'll also let myself listen to the radio and music. I'll punch anyone that says listening to music is a waste of time. Besides, you can do practically anything while listening to music.
And... that's it! This has just been a quick post to pump you up for Wednesday's post, so I suppose I'll see you then. In the meantime, wish me luck!
Thanks for reading,
-Mark
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