Your life without a computer: what does it look like?
Another prompt that we had exactly one year ago today. And here, again, is what I wrote a year ago:
It’s pretty ironic that we are answering the question about what life would look like without a computer…on a computer.
That was my entire post, lol! Maybe I just wasn’t feeling it on the 2024 version of October 2nd.
There’s a lot that would be different about my life without a computer, I mean, social media for example…wait, hold on. Does the question mean that I myself do not have a computer in my possession and everyone else does? Or does it mean computers don’t exist? Because those would elicit two very different responses. And with that said, our cell phones are basically mini-computers now, so would I still have my cell phone? Ack! So many parameters to this question! I was initially going to talk about my specific day today and what it would look like without a computer, i.e. listening to Taylor Swift’s music on a c.d. player and getting on the phone to tell my friends what I thought of her songs. It would certainly take a long time for the 1,732 people who follow me on Threads to find out my thoughts.
I don’t even know how I would do my job. I sit in front of my computer 90% of the day. Computer use is so integral to my job that I have two monitors on my desk, which, I never had until I took this job and now I can’t imagine working without. Like, it’s a big deal.
This is way too complicated to answer. How about I just say, life without a computer would be the good ole’ days. My good ole’ days were the 90s. I read a LOT of books back then. Without computers or social media now, I could read a lot more. I could knit a lot more. I could live in a lot more peace, honestly. A lot of times I feel compelled to write a blog post or say something on social media. I do it every day. I have a streak going. What would happen if I broke the streak?! Sometimes I really don’t feel like posting, but I do, because…the streak. I don’t think it’s a bad thing though. I love writing. Computers help me do that more efficiently and effectively. Though I still do a lot with actual pen and paper. You’ll never get me to switch to a digital journal, just sayin’. And social media certainly helps get my thoughts out there. I feel this about to take off in a direction of the pros and cons of social media and technology and then A.I. is eventually going to enter the chat and this post will get really long and really ramble-y.
Suffice it to say, I’m good with computers and all that comes with that technology. I’m also good without them. I’m 43. I’ve had access to this new fangled technology for about half my life. That means for the first half, I got along just fine and enjoyed myself. Didn’t know what I was missing, but still had fun anyway. So, life today without a computer? It would take some adjustment, but I’d be fine. My 23 year old secretary on the other hand, whose love language is TikTok I think, I’m not so sure.
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