Monday 1 April 2013

to confess...

Hi everyone, My name is Zita and I am a deviceaholic.....

Linking up with Kirsty this week from My Home Truths for I Must Confess Monday


This week our prompt is how many devices do you own & what do you do with them? 


Well as I sit here typing on my laptop with my ipad also in front of me and my iphone on the table beside me while watching my downloaded shows from the internet on my Plasma TV, I feel that I have an addiction...... It's not a new revelation for me, I have known for some time that I have this problem, it's often pointed out to me by family and friends and I joke it off by saying 'there are worse things I could be addicted to....drugs, alcohol' Lol...

I am scared to admit that I can't imagine a time before I had all these devices. They have become such a big part of my life now that I do wonder what I did 'back in the olden days' as my kids at school would say, before all of this became such a big part of me.

I withheld from the iphone craze for as long as I could, I couldn't see the point and what all the fuss was about, but when my mobile phone at the time met with an unfortunate accident at the races I decided to jump on the bandwagon and well, it didn't take long before I was well educated about what the fuss was all about. It wasn't long before I started contemplating adding to my 'I' family, I already had an ipod and iphone so it seemed right to get an ipad as well! 

Gone are the days where a mobile phone is just a phone and used to call people whenever, wherever. My iphone is my calculator, my shopping list, my notebook, my map, my calendar, my address book, my camera, my clock, my alarm, my bank, my tv guide, my email, my shop, my CD player, my weather man amongst many many other things. I now cannot imagine life without it.

Do I think all these improvements in technology have been a positive or negative thing? Truth is, I'm torn... I definitely think it has made my life so much easier. I mean seriously, as soon as I start up my new car all my phone details download to my car and I can make or receive a phone call with the push of a button on my steering wheel, I mean that's just crazy! Am not sure what Karl Benz would make of all this, or if he ever thought it would be possible!





All this technology has made us contactable 24/7 and is this a good thing? Can we ever truly disconnect from the world? I think not... Good thing or bad? I think both. We are connected yet sometimes I think we are so disconnected. Gone is the art of letter writing, deep and meaningful phone calls that last forever, and they are replaced with a quick SMS or a short message on a 'wall'. We have become so reliant on other people also having these devices with them 24/7. How many times have you become frustrated when someone hasn't returned your text within 5 minutes of you hitting the send button?! I know I have!!

Nice to know there are some things that will never change! Lol...




So there you have it I admit, I confess to being an iphone, ipod (x2 shhhh don't tell anyone), ipad, laptop owning pinterest, facebook, instagram, twitter, internet banking, game playing, tv downloading, emailing, itunes using technology device owning addict!!!

Best sign off, my iphone just dingled to let me know I have a new text message, my farm needs tending to on my ipad on Hay Day and am sure there's been some Facebook notifications I haven't read yet!!!.....





11 comments:

  1. I love this post Zita - I am torn in exactly the same way. On the one hand technology has definitely made life easier but on the other, there is now a whole new set of complications too. I know my kids have more access to technology than they possibly should and I probably need to step back as well, for my own sanity! Glad to know that I am not the only one with multiple iThings! Thanks so much for again linking up this week! Kirsty @ My Home Truths

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    1. Well thanks for hosting Kirsty! I think it would be hard as a parent to find a balance when it comes to the kids, it's all most of them have ever known so can't fathom what to do without it! I love those stories you see on those current affairs shows where they lock all devices away for 48 hours to see how the family copes! Such a great social experiment I think!

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  2. I'm entirely with you Zita, and I think like you, I'd be sadly lost without my many iThings. I don't think it's good or bad, it just is and I guess the way of the future too. Great post! x

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    1. Absolutely! Got to keep up with the times I suppose!

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  3. Too funny, my husband wanted an iPhone and I thought he was such a sheep and "Why on earth would you want one of those?!" Then he was out of town for work and I went to upgrade our phones, but didn't know what I wanted. Ended up getting 2 iPhones and by the time he came home I was addicted!! I am torn too, they have a place, but I think they're abused and relied on far too heavily.

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    1. Couldn't agree with you more! And isn't it funny how we try and fight it and smirk at those that do and then how quickly our opinion changes!!

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  4. Considering my addiction to blogging, social media etc I’m quite restrained with my techno gadgets – a PC and an iphone is it!

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    1. Wow Janet that is restrained... if I had to give one up I am not sure what it would be...when a battery goes flat on one or for some reason it's 'missing' I feel like I've lost a limb..pathetic I know!

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  5. Those memes crack me up..rahahahaha.

    One thing you said that struck me was that people never write letters anymore. I used to have several pen pals as a teen ager and also write letters to a couple of friends and auntys. I wrote heaps of letters! Something I never do anymore. My boys would think that is lame, which is a bit sad.

    Recently a friend was in hospital and texted me. Because I don't have the phone with me all the time did not see her message and she was slightly peeved when I spoke to her online a few days later. Like you say, people expect an immediate response.

    I don't have anything other than a lap-top. Having said all that I would LOVE to get an iphone. Maybe soon.

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    1. Oh I remember writing to penpals as well!!! Those were the days! I still try and make sure I write a letter to my Grandmother every now and then because even though she's got a mobile phone I am not entirely sure she knows how to text or use it really! I LOVE recieving handwritten letters in the mail so am not sure why I don't do it more often!
      I am sure, actually, I am totally confident that if you do decide to get an iphone you won't regret it, but am warning you that it will have a big impact on your life if you are ready for it! lol...

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  6. I used to love getting snail mail too.. I always panic when I lose my phone.

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