Screen time

There is a company currently accepting applications for a person willing to go 24 hours with no electronic devices for a payment of $2,400. Part of the application process is to write 100 words or less about the way you use those devices. I don’t plan to apply but it did make me wonder what I do.

I own a phone, tablet, laptop computer, and TV.

On them I:

  • read books and the local newspaper’s comics
  • read and write blogs
  • play games
  • participate in a discussion forum
  • send and receive text messages
  • make and answer phone calls
  • order meals
  • buy and sell things
  • stream movies and TV series
  • check the time and weather
  • maintain a grocery shopping list
  • maintain notes on what I want to discuss with my doctor
  • write notes to remind myself of what I want to say in future blogs
  • keep a picture of Judi Dench on the cover of Vogue to show a stylist how I want my hair cut
  • use the magnifying glass, flashlight, calculator, timer, and camera.

Those things take up most of my day and it took 134 words to describe them even after massive editing. I think I need to get up and move more often. But, I doubt my ability to go 24 hours without using any digital devices. Good thing I don’t desperately need that money, right?

TTYL,

Linda

One thought on “Screen time”

  1. I doubt that prize money will be much of an incentive to those chained to their devices. And I wondered if the “writing down” would work, so many people have lost the skill of actually writing on a piece of paper…

    I own two devices “phone and laptop” and yes at home I will have one or other on as I’ve automatic wi-fi on tap especially for my phone. But I have had whole days where I’ve not even looked at them…

    Plus I don’t know half of the features that I could use…

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