I was on my way in to work this morning and on the radio they were having a discussion about a statistic they had reported. This statistic claimed that 53% of people said they would not be able to last one whole day without the Internet. Really? People are so reliant on the Internet that they couldn't go 24 hours without it? Doesn't anyone go camping or go on vacation where you don't have Internet access? With smart phones nowadays, the answer to that question is probably more and more that people do go camping or do go on vacation but if there isn't a computer with Internet, they just use their phone.
Besides thinking that it is totally ridiculous for someone to think they can't go 24 hours without the Internet, I also started to think about what thing or things are in my life that I can't do without. Upon evaluation, I thought of several things that take up far more of my time than they should but I'm not sure there is anything that I couldn't put aside for 24 hours. But what about 48 hours, or a week, or a month? Now the list starts to get pretty convicting and full of the necessities of life such as; ESPN, Football, TV and my DVD player.
What about you? Are there things in your life that are consuming your time? Things that you can't live without? Would you consider giving any of those up for a day, maybe two, maybe even a week or more or possibly even completely?
I know that I need to make some changes in how I spend my time. Will you join me?
