As I work diligently to get through my email this morning, I am overwhelmed after receiving hordes of unsolicited emails. I wonder if my readers feel the same way.
First, how did I get on so many lists? I suppose it accumulates when you purchase something, either in person or online, and they ask for your email address. I am flabbergasted of the time it takes to clean up these unwanted emails. If you have more than one email address, multiply it by two or more.
Then, add political ads and marketing for every new television show or movie beginning this month, and my mind feels exceptionally full. Could it just be my age? After you pass the sixty-year-old starting line and the beginning of Medicare, is there no room for anything unimportant? I pray that is not the case.
I have been pleasantly occupied with the arrival of my new grandson, which I suppose could add to the feeling of saturation, but that is a welcomed feeling. A new special feeling.
Information overload can come at us from many directions, like the recent hurricane disasters on the East Coast this Fall, leading to over one hundred deaths. Hearing the news, I feel compassion and sympathy for those going through it, especially since Houston endured Hurricane Harvey several years ago. I want to help, but realistically, I know I can’t physically help, but I can help in other ways, such as by praying and making donations to legitimate agencies.
I haven’t even broached the subject of texts. Once a company gets your telephone number, it used to be voice mail messages left on our landlines; you are bound to get text messages advertising and marketing their services and products. I didn’t know it would take so long to delete items I do not want or am interested in. I feel like I should set aside time on my daily calendar to take care of this garbage or spam.
And then, in the back of my mind, I start wondering what it will be like for my grandchildren when they are grown. Will each person have a personal assistant, a robot, to help with these types of chores?
Well, now that I’ve contemplated everyday life in 2045, I hope my readers will comment on my blog and tell me if they have a way to keep organized and up to date with their texts and emails.
Have a blessed rest of your week. I would love to hear your comments.
All my best,
Julie
I’m so glad you wrote about this because it’s been on my mind all week. I i’m feeling the same this week too. In fact when you mentioned thinking about 2045 I thought you’re a robot was a great idea to handle all the spam and junk message and emails that we have to get through. Wouldn’t it be great to wake up in the morning and Rosie the robot says “good morning! here’s your cup of coffee just the way you like it and I’ve already. I’ve gone through all your emails and kept only the important ones for you! “
I was saying to my husband, as we were driving back-and-forth to town to run errands that didn’t work out as we’d hoped, wouldn’t it be nice in 1000 years if we didn’t have to spend our precious resources on building Rhoades and guard rails and signs and electricity for for traffic lights? Instead, we could just use our transporters to get from one place to another , like they didn’t the Star Trek show. Or we just step into our hovercraft bus and it would rise up above the Earth and zoom off to a place, not having to pay any attention to the terrain or the weather or a road condition.
In the meantime, I guess we’ll have to set aside time to get through the unnecessary on slot of messages texts and driving chores.
One good thing about the age we are in is that we don’t really have to watch all those commercials on TV anymore. I do like the TiVo feature, which lets us record programs stop fast-forward rewind in the like.
Happy sailing through the rest of the week!
I’m so glad you wrote about this because it’s been on my mind all week. I i’m feeling the same this week too. In fact when you mentioned thinking about 2045 I thought you’re a robot was a great idea to handle all the spam and junk message and emails that we have to get through. Wouldn’t it be great to wake up in the morning and Rosie the robot says “good morning! here’s your cup of coffee just the way you like it and I’ve already. I’ve gone through all your emails and kept only the important ones for you! “
I was saying to my husband, as we were driving back-and-forth to town to run errands that didn’t work out as we’d hoped, wouldn’t it be nice in 1000 years if we didn’t have to spend our precious resources on building Rhoades and guard rails and signs and electricity for for traffic lights? Instead, we could just use our transporters to get from one place to another , like they didn’t the Star Trek show. Or we just step into our hovercraft bus and it would rise up above the Earth and zoom off to a place, not having to pay any attention to the terrain or the weather or a road condition.
In the meantime, I guess we’ll have to set aside time to get through the unnecessary on slot of messages texts and driving chores.
One good thing about the age we are in is that we don’t really have to watch all those commercials on TV anymore. I do like the TiVo feature, which lets us record programs stop fast-forward rewind in the like.
Happy sailing through the rest of the week!
I have gotten ruthless about blocking unsolicited email and phone messages. I have also gotten spam blockers, and that helps.
I’m still overwhelmed, though, by the sheer amount of information that bombards me constantly. It’s my own fault, of course. I could exercise self control and quit jumping on the Internet. But it’s so easy to fall down a rabbit hole! (Did you know that the bird population of Guam has been almost completely decimated by snakes that were inadvertently introduced on the 1940’s, now there are millions of snakes on the island, and the spider population there is even worse, remind me never to visit Guam, and – oh yes, back to the point, sorry….)
I’ve started taking info breaks. I give my poor brain several hours each day where I don’t look at a screen (unless I’m writing.) Sometimes I break for the entire day. It helps. But I admit, I sometimes daydream about moving to a place with no cell or Internet…
And then I realize how bored I would be. 😂
Julie, I agree, there’s WAY TOO MUCH information coming in without asking for it!😜 These days we have the option to have our receipts emailed to us, which is fabulous because we’re saving paper, but now we have opened up countless portals for all of these adds to come through! Ugh!
Kit, I’m laughing at your comment…..and I actually love your idea! Especially Rosie having my coffee ready!😁🥰