Phone calls, texts, Facebook and Skype
Feeling like I’m always on call
The expectation of an immediate response
The problem of always being connected
We humans have come so far
From telegraph, pony express, snail mail
Is it too much? Binding us.
The problem of always being connected
Can’t leave the house without cell
Same message on cell and home
Why didn’t you answer your phone?
The problem of always being connected.
No moments I can’t be reached
Feeling attached, connected, bound, on call
Should leave my cell at home
The problem of always being connected
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This is a Six Word Friday post. The topic this week is feeling.
Both curse and blessing, always connected
Yup. Curse and a blessing. I expect immediate response as much as it’s expected from me. Sometimes, it’s overwhelming.
Oh, I just realized you did a six word comment. Oops! Nice one.
It is ironic that our human nature needs contact, but there really is a such thing as too much of a good thing.
It’s true. Sometimes, it’s just too much.
It’s like crack. Not that I know what that would feel like. I’m just sayin’.
When I’m not connected, I go through weird withdrawal symptoms. Wild eyed. The shakes. Feeling lost. I think it’s time for an intervention.
haha! I hear ya. I am the same way… I check everything on my phone, but it stresses me out that it means that ppl can reach me 24/7 and expect me to answer and reply right away… stressful.
I wonder if I could handle a phone-free weekend. No cell. Hmm…
It’s starting to make a me a little crazy… I didn’t “plug in” until 12:30pm today… I think that’s a huge step
Amen!
Always connected… it’s all consuming…
I love your choice of words to describe the feeling…”always on call, attached, connected, bound…” They’re such onerous words that vividly describe the burden of always being connected.
When I look around and see so many of us ‘always connected’, I want to shout out, “We need more Moira’s in our world!” Moira is the wife of Peter Banning in the movie “Hook”. Peter is a lawyer obsessed with his work and he’s always connected.
In one of the most beautifully poignant early scenes, Moira grabs his cell phone from his hand and throws it out the window. She looks him straight in the eyes and says, ““Your kids love you. They want to play with you. How long do you think that lasts? …..They’re growing up. You’re not being careful. And you are missing it.”
I’ll never forget this scene. It replays often in my mind. And I ask myself, “What are you missing?”
My answer always brings me to a point of realization and as Moira did for Peter, it makes me disconnect….
As does your Six Word Friday Post.
Thank you for this. Our world needs more Moira’s, more people like you to remind us of the price we pay when we’re ‘always connected’.
YES! I remember that scene. Thanks for reminding me. There is something appealing and scary about the thought of smashing my cell phone. We see it as a necessity, but when I am out I should only ever need it in an emergency.
Sometimes, I just want to escape and be.
Always reachable = others choose for us?
Choose whether they require our attention?
Do we lose by always connecting?
(Dude. Replying in six words, hard.)
I’m not great with all the connecting possibilities… I don’t love feeling beholden to the technology, held to a standard I didn’t agree to. But I do love being able to connect when I can. It’s a balancing act, I suppose.
Balance, yes! And managing expectations, I suppose…
While flying to Miami this morning
I read an article by an
over-connected soul who took time,
a week off, no cell, no
computer, nothing but a camera and
the great outdoors on the sometimes
wild and always beautiful California coast.
I think she had it right!
Ah, yes, it’s a dilemma, truly.
I miss having to memorize numbers,
And having messages on answering machines,
Not being expected to answer always.
Isn’t it funny, it’s so upsetting?
Used to be fine to disconnect.
And now? It is a crime.
Love my husband’s at-home business.
Hate the cell phone ringing 24/7.
Balance is absurdly hard to find.
I love the six word responses!
This is true, love my cell
But I don’t always need it
I leave it at home sometimes
I let the battery die, too
I don’t let it control me
But I wouldn’t give it up
It is convenient (and also addictive)!
Ha ha! I tried.
That was awesome, Shannon!