It’s a vicious circle I tell ya
October 25th, 2005Something that doesn’t happen that often here in my apartment happened tonight. The internet was down. I first panicked, as I had a ton of stuff to do at home. Then I just turned restless and didn’t really know what the hell I should do (I had justed woken up from a nap and felt still very very tired). I was thinking of doing some running, but my exhausted state kept me indoors.
Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I live in a vicious circle of work and different personal projects. I work 8-9 hrs a day at the office to come home to continue on some personal projects and things of interest that I want to pursue. The reason I value these projects so much is that the experience I gain from these would one day be valuable to me in work - and they do serve as my hobbies in a way as well. But when the internet was down, I realised that my life is pretty empty without these things that I use as an excuse to keep improving my chances of landing a good job some day in the future.
I decided to call a friend, spoke an hour with her, I then had some tea and began reading Howard Rheingold’s Smart Mobs (a book I should have read years ago) - then I heard a bling and the network was up again. It’s only 10pm, I could catch up on the work I haven’t done today, but I think I’m gonna enjoy tonight with just reading a book and getting to bed well before the normal past 12pm - waking up in the morning should be a lot easier.
Sometimes it’s just good to pause for a while and take some time for yourself (even during the week).
(After all, tomorrow’s going to be exactly the same as the other days - and possibly worse without the stuff that I didn’t manage to get done tonight, but at least I’m a lot more energetic in the morning)
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- Low blogging
- Working on two computers
- Heating problem
- Mass marketing - dead?
It really is astounding how much we have come to depend on the internet and how these technologies have revolutionized our way of life. Ten years ago I didn‚Äôt even own an email address, for God‚Äôs sake! Now I think I would go into some sort of apocalyptic seizure if I were deprived of internet for more than 24 hours. It‚Äôs rather sad when you contemplate it all. I also panic when I lose signal. I almost don’t know what to do with myself. Remember when I was in the middle of nowhere Australia for a month? I was in Parachilna, population: 2 (no joke), and I still found access to the internet in a place where the nearest toilet is a five minute walk into the bush (i.e. hole in the ground). Simply amazing!