Having recently moved house, after only a week, it’s become very clear to me how reliant I am on technology. More specifically, the internet. Having constant access in my parents house for ten years has been brilliant, I’ve been able to access anything I want, anytime I want. Now I’ve moved out I have to wait for a new internet subscription package to be configured, and in the meanwhile find myself floating in limbo, desperate to just randomly jump onto Google and sofa surf. Yet the luxuries I’ve taken for granted over the years are inaccessible because I’m still waiting for someone to flick the magical internet subscription button that ‘not so magically’ takes from 14 days to setup!
It’s quite frightening for me to admit but I think I do have some form of internet withdrawal. While I don’t suffer any symptoms like headaches, panic attacks, shakes or tremors, I still feel as if there is a void in my day to day routine that is distinctly missing. I know I can access internet cafes or use Wifi hotspots at anytime but it doesn’t feel quite the same as being in the comfort of your own home without restrictions on time and distracting hustle and bustle all around.
I know it won’t be long before I’m all set up, yet I can’t help but remain impatient!
How about you? What’s the longest you’ve survived without internet? Is it easy for you to be without it or do you struggle like me?
