We have all this technology . . . and no time to do anything cause our phones BEEP and our calendars ding and our texts flood in and instant messages interrupt and . . . . STOP!Some friends and volunteers confess, often sheepishly, that they do not have a cell phone or do not email. I hug them and celebrate with them at their freedom!
When did we allow convenience to dictate! I remember reading a small book called Tyranny of the Urgent.
When Charles Hummel wrote his classic essay "Tyranny of the Urgent," in 1967, he identified the telephone as among the worst offenders against our peace and complacency. And that was before we carried the offending instrument with us everywhere and embellished it with email, computers, cameras, downloadable ring tones and music files.Another quote:
"Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important."Check out a list by Evan Michael on the Top 50 Productivity Blogs.
I'm always looking at ways to tame the tech monsters that can distract from what we are really trying to do. Choose well. Use techonology instead of allowing it to use you.
It can be insidious. Chargers, docks, beeps and panic!
Find within the list those things that will simplify your life, helping you to accomplish the things you have chosen to do. Be intentional. Live well.
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