It has been almost a month since my last blog posting. Not because I haven’t had anything to say, believe me, I always seem to have something to say. Rather, my reasoning was something a little un-conventional for this day and age.
I was on vacation and promised myself a bit of techno slow down time.
Funny. My initial thought when we left for the West Coast was that I would blog all of my adventures- from my walks through the ghost town formerly known as Athlete’s Village post Vancouver Olympics, to my first time sitting in the roller derby stands- I was certain that the trip would be perfect blog fodder.
But the fact of the matter is: I am a little torn between the digital world and simply living. As my friend Ila once said “I’m an analogue girl living in a digital world”. I can relate to her.
Though I have to say I love blogging, running a website, playing lexulous, watching my friend’s children grow on facebook… etc. But when is it too much?
I wonder if like anything else in this world it is about finding balance.
Making sure that I am not sitting at the computer for 3 hours in the morning and then wondering why nothing is getting done around the farm is a start.
Finding a connection to the outside world is another good way to bring it into perspective.
When I look a little closer, this really is something most farming rural folk haven’t had a chance to be torn between until now. High speed internet and cellular service has just begun making it to our part of the country within the last 18 months.
I am a guinea pig of sorts in this little “urban woman out on the farm experiment.” I can actually see how production wanes when I sit at the computer for too long.
What I can see from my vantage point is almost a clash between the world and it’s economy being powered by our minds and the work that needs to be done in order to sustain our way of life. Prime example: you may be great at something like Farmville, but what happens when you have to grow your own veggies?
The switch has been made as far as who and what makes up the bulk of the money making jobs. The focus is on brain powered jobs.
So to be somewhere in the middle, watching it all come down, makes me wonder how long it will last.
How long will the economy be able to support a growing population of over-educated, under nourished young folks?
To go even further, who is going to raise the meat, grow the veggies, fix the cars and stop the leaks for all of these folks? Because the reality is that farmland and farmers are being lost daily to the city and the money making jobs. And really, who would blame them?
Well, time to get off the computer and head out into the garden!
I was on vacation and promised myself a bit of techno slow down time.
Funny. My initial thought when we left for the West Coast was that I would blog all of my adventures- from my walks through the ghost town formerly known as Athlete’s Village post Vancouver Olympics, to my first time sitting in the roller derby stands- I was certain that the trip would be perfect blog fodder.
But the fact of the matter is: I am a little torn between the digital world and simply living. As my friend Ila once said “I’m an analogue girl living in a digital world”. I can relate to her.
Though I have to say I love blogging, running a website, playing lexulous, watching my friend’s children grow on facebook… etc. But when is it too much?
I wonder if like anything else in this world it is about finding balance.
Making sure that I am not sitting at the computer for 3 hours in the morning and then wondering why nothing is getting done around the farm is a start.
Finding a connection to the outside world is another good way to bring it into perspective.
When I look a little closer, this really is something most farming rural folk haven’t had a chance to be torn between until now. High speed internet and cellular service has just begun making it to our part of the country within the last 18 months.
I am a guinea pig of sorts in this little “urban woman out on the farm experiment.” I can actually see how production wanes when I sit at the computer for too long.
What I can see from my vantage point is almost a clash between the world and it’s economy being powered by our minds and the work that needs to be done in order to sustain our way of life. Prime example: you may be great at something like Farmville, but what happens when you have to grow your own veggies?
The switch has been made as far as who and what makes up the bulk of the money making jobs. The focus is on brain powered jobs.
So to be somewhere in the middle, watching it all come down, makes me wonder how long it will last.
How long will the economy be able to support a growing population of over-educated, under nourished young folks?
To go even further, who is going to raise the meat, grow the veggies, fix the cars and stop the leaks for all of these folks? Because the reality is that farmland and farmers are being lost daily to the city and the money making jobs. And really, who would blame them?
Well, time to get off the computer and head out into the garden!
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