Computer Crashes and Revelations

You have probably noticed via my absence of posts these past few weeks that I had gone AWOL. Well no fear Damsels, I am still here! Unfortunately however, the same can't be said about my old friend and partner-in-blogging crime; the Pentium 4 Processor. Yep, sadly ye-old-faithful died a most untimely death a couple of weeks ago and took with him all of my photos, over 5000 songs, and documents to the computer grave with him. So up until now I have been living a life of computer absentia. Not fun. You know it's funny, the old saying 'you don't know what you've got til its gone' definitely applied to this situation. And so did my awareness of how much I actually relied on computers and the Internet for my every day-to-day life.It's actually quite a shock and a teeny bit embarrassing. I always think back to my days as a little tacker and remember all the cool and fun things I did to fill in my time - none of which involved tapping away on a keyboard. And so, post-computer crash drama, I was thrown back into those days where I actually had to use my imagination in order to entertain myself. I took a quick assessment of my life and saw that at least 90% of my days are spent connected to some form of technological device. In further introspection, I also saw that the majority of these 'activities' I enjoyed in front of a screen was actually not conducive to a happy or constructive lifestyle. Sure, my episodes of Pretty Little Liars and disgusting addiction to 'Bubble Witch Saga' on Facebook makes me happy, delightfully so, yet they are serving no constructive purpose to my life, and are in essence, time-wasters. Damsels, it is good - no, awesome - to have some sort of outlet that allows you to take a break from the seriousness and frustrations of everyday life; it allows you to 'switch off' and to have fun. However, the death of my Pentium 4 (bless his soul) made me aware of all the awesomely insane and fun things I was missing out on here in the real world, cos I've been too busy mind-numbingly hankering away in the fake computer world! Just *think* for a second - can you even remember what it feels like to swing as high as you can on a swing set at your local park?! I couldn't either. But since being forced out of computer world into the real world, I rediscovered such a simple joy as that. Going for a walk along the river, greeting your neighbor with "hello!", baking a batch of cookies, visiting a loved one.. simple joys. From now on I make an oath Damsels, to enjoy the things that actually matter, the real simple joys. Try it for yourself. You wont regret it.