As we all know, Steemit "went dark" for most of Monday.
Whereas it is tempting to look at that and declare that we "lost a day," I got to thinking that we never really LOSE days.
Lavender fields near Mt. Shasta, California
Whereas we may make careful plans, life is seldom entirely predictable. And when we feel like we are "losing" a day, what are we really telling ourselves?
If you think about it, that sense of loss is most often connected to feeling out of sorts because we didn't have a contingency plan. And we didn't adapt well to the situation.
Sometimes our Internet goes out, around here. We live in an older neighborhood, somewhat out of town, and the cables out here are a bit dodgy... because most of them are still above-ground, and many of them run through trees. In turn, this means that every time we get a bit of wind, some of the connections and junction boxes are "tested" a bit. Besides, we also have lots of squirrels who evidently like the flavor of certain cable insulation!
I don't get bothered much if the connection goes out. I just find something else to do. And since we have lousy cell service, I certainly don't depend on my phone for anything!
Our adult kids (later 20s), on the other hands, get fidgety and start freaking out if the connection is off for more than maybe... 30 minutes.
Blooming Heather in our neighborhood...
If you start feeling fidgety and anxious when something unexpected happens — Internet out, Steemit offline, cell service unavailable — pause and ask yourself why?
What do you think will happen, as a result of your temporary disconnection?
Moreover, what is the situation telling you about your own dependency on the technology?
Sometimes we do have legitimate reasons for feeling annoyed or out-of-sorts. For example, I have a couple of eBay businesses, and on the rare occasions parts of eBay have gone offline it definitely made me edgy... because my livelihood felt like it had been interrupted.
But so what? Consider that all the potential buyers I was so worried about missing, were also having their experience disrupted. So I didn't actually LOSE anything; everyone was in the same boat.
And the worry? Doesn't really do anything, nor do anything to remedy the situation.
So, I'd suggest just taking a chill pill, and finding something else to do!
How about YOU? What did YOU do, when Steemit went offline? Do outages like this throw you off your game, or do you just take it in stride? Do you think the level of anxiety people feel about being "unplugged" is partly generational? Leave a comment-- share your experiences-- be part of the conversation!
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Created at 180918 23:24 PDT
