TwirtyGrrl vs Her Blackberry: Will She Survive?
There is one thing that has become very apparent in my life, and if I’m really honest with myself the signs have been flashing before my eyes for a really long time. I am addicted to my Blackberry. Absolutely and completely addicted. It is my favorite toy and biggest distraction. On that tiny little piece of techy happiness lives my connections to the outside world.
One could argue that having a Blackberry when unemployed is a mighty fine luxury, and I wouldn’t disagree. I have spent many a minutes feeling guilty about my ridiculously expensive cell phone bill. Especially since it is actually higher than my employed husband’s cell phone bill. BUT I maximize that little sucker to it’s fullest potential. Email, texting, Twitter, Facebook, Google Sync, and from time to time I use it as a phone too.
Here is a bit of background on how my realization came to light. I was sitting on the couch struggling to maintain a clear focus on a book while my thoughts wandered away to the Blackberry that was snuggled up next to my leg. Suddenly my concentation is completely lost with the feeling of the “bbzzzz” announcing that I have a new email. So I check it. Then I think “Well, it’s 8:30 at night so why don’t I change the settings so that it only buzzes for text and phone so I can actually focus on the book?” Ok, quick change to the settings and ten seconds later I’m back to reading. Thirty seconds later my mind wanders “But, what if I get an email..blah blah blah…..” and I decide to tweet that I am considering doing a Blackberry detox. Yes, instead of just shutting the darn thing off I tweet about how I’m thinking about doing it. You don’t have to say a word, I’m pretty well aware of how far gone I am.
Feeling good about my tweet, I decide to bite the bullet. Step 1: Deleted my email account from Blackberry. Step 2: Sign out of Facebook application and hide it. Step 3: Twitter’s up next…except I haven’t quite made it around to signing out of Twitter, I promise I will do it before I go to bed.
Apparently the best way I could figure out how to deal with the first 5 minutes of withdrawals is to come and blog. Good things may come of this!
I’m stating it here and now…”I, TwirtyGrrl am going to maintain this level of disengagement with my Blackberry for the next 24 hours.” If all goes well maybe I will extend it. Maybe.
I can’t be the only one with this problem, what piece of technology is your “right hand, left hand and two left feet?”
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