Life Without Internet...

What would life be without the Internet? My connection at home has been down for a few days and my life has become a bit more difficult to manage. I'm an information junkie. I help myself to generous portions throughout the day. Some of it is junk-info like certain television shows or web sites. Other bits of information are more nutritious. I feel more full when I have a healthy serving of news, documentaries, and blogs. I crave information, especially the kind that is full of tender, juicy insight.

The Internet is not the only place I indulge in info. There are also books, newspapers, magazines, signs, people, and even places that can satisfy my information needs. Unfortunately, I'm also addicted to "fast". I want my information hot and ready when I want it, in the way that I want it. An information addict can get a fix from all kinds of everyday stimuli, but when you’re addicted to fast information, you are out of luck without a connection.

But, what is fast without quality? I have been ADD for as long as I can remember, even before the net was around. Back then I use to think, daydream, and watch tons of TV. Now that I’m a connoisseur of information, I want quality information as well. Not all the time, but most of the time, please.

Life without the Internet is an everyday scenario for most of the world, and here I am complaining because I had to walk a few blocks to connect. To me, life without the Internet is an annoyance. It takes longer to get full, but information is everywhere around me. The developed world as whole is addicted to info. The Internet simply makes it easier to consume. In my downtime, I took a walk, talked to old friends, and even went to they gym. Information can never replace experience, but experience isn’t on demand.

Comments

[Nicole]

I've recently been without Internet, and it's actually very refreshing. Aside from missing out on the blogs and up-to-date information, I think I've become a bit more well-rounded. I get my news and info from newspapers or magazines. And because I don't have direct Internet access, I don't waste so much time online. Instead I read books. I write more. I write about things in my head, completely uninfluenced by what I saw online. And I'm more creative.

At least I KNOW what I'm missing out on when I don't go online all the time, so I think that's incentive to still stay up on things. And find other ways to be fed. But I'm kind of happier being productive in my own world. Life's a lot more stimulating when you're not sitting in front of a screen.

It's weird for me to say I'm happy being without Internet. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't live without it, but for right now, it's doing good things for me. Aside from the fact that my blog is greatly suffering....