Wow, technology. It has really rocked my world. In some ways good, others not. I’m not totally used to it. I like listening to CDs and the radio instead of downloading songs to my phone. It drives my sons crazy. “Mom, you and Dad are so behind the times!” They just shake their heads when my husband and I give people directions to places. “Or they can just put it into their phone,” they say. Oh, yeah, forgot about that.
It’s just that I don’t totally trust technology. It doesn’t always work. And they keep changing everything. About the time I get used to doing things a certain way, they change it. Did you know you have to pay to keep Word up-to-date now? And those smart phones don’t stay smart forever, and you are “forced” to upgrade more often than you’d like? Thanks to cell phones and the internet that I feel I absolutely MUST have, I will be working for the rest of my life just to pay their ever-increasing charges.
They’ve got us right where they want us. We need what was once a luxury. I’d rather do without television than internet. After all, I like reading books on Kindle. I like keeping up with what’s going on in the world. I like skimming Facebook to find out who had something amazing for dinner. I can even watch TV programs and YouTube videos.
The truth is, though, I could do without all that. I could go back to going to the library for my books (just wish they had more large-print versions), go back to basic cable with very few channels (in which case my husband would be devastated), drop a cell phone entirely (rely on my landline), and read the newspaper to find out what’s going on in the world.
And I can use a road map. Bet those young millennials can’t do that!
Life As I know it 
Sounds like you really do understand the unimportance and the importance of technology. I liked the way you need a phone but not tied to your body and love large print books (me too) just not enough of them. Cruising Facebook is fun but cannot be too personal….
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