Today was a very good day. I got up at 9:30, went to school, went to class, talked accounting with a fellow student and my professor for a bit, got a great reading list from my Econ professor about good economic history books for my term paper, spent two hours on an absolutely gorgeous 70-degree sunny day sitting at the foot of a tree on the quad reading a book (An Empire of Wealth, for my Econ 334 class), grabbed a bite to eat (mmm, Jimmy John's #14---turkey, roast beef, provolone on bread worthy of the gods), then came home. I can't rightly imagine a scenario where I could've been any happier when I walked in the door.
One thing conspicuously missing from all this? Consumer electronics! I made a couple of forum posts this morning before I left, but from 10:00 to about 8:30 tonight, I did not use a single piece of consumer electronic equipment. My cell phone was off, the DS was on my nightstand in my bedroom, my laptop was kept at home because I didn't want to lug it around, so all I had was a backpack full of books and a stuffed animal (my little beaver mascot, who's become part of my quirky charm on campus).
I can honestly say this was the most relaxing, utterly enjoyable day I've had in a very long time (all it was missing was a girl, but such is life).
For Discussion: If you went a day without your iPhone, cell phone, DS, whatever, and just relied on what you could have to hand apart from that, would you be seriously jonesing throughout the day like a nic-fitting cigarette smoker or would you be as happy as I was? And if the latter, why do we destroy our happiness with these "conveniences"?
One thing conspicuously missing from all this? Consumer electronics! I made a couple of forum posts this morning before I left, but from 10:00 to about 8:30 tonight, I did not use a single piece of consumer electronic equipment. My cell phone was off, the DS was on my nightstand in my bedroom, my laptop was kept at home because I didn't want to lug it around, so all I had was a backpack full of books and a stuffed animal (my little beaver mascot, who's become part of my quirky charm on campus).
I can honestly say this was the most relaxing, utterly enjoyable day I've had in a very long time (all it was missing was a girl, but such is life).
For Discussion: If you went a day without your iPhone, cell phone, DS, whatever, and just relied on what you could have to hand apart from that, would you be seriously jonesing throughout the day like a nic-fitting cigarette smoker or would you be as happy as I was? And if the latter, why do we destroy our happiness with these "conveniences"?
