Life's essentials

Ever noticed how quickly we start relying on things that we never needed before?

Our internet service provider at work was having a few issues today. Our connection to the outside world was out for the entire day. We had to try to find ways to work differently to get around the problem. A few years back an internet connection was a bit of a bonus in business. It was helpful but not essential. These days we’ve come to rely on that connection.

I’ve recently started wearing reading glasses and I was looking forward to getting through a few chapters of the book I’m reading at the moment when I got home last night. I was most of the way home when I realised that I’d left my glasses at work. That meant no reading at all. It’s another case of something that I really didn’t need even a year ago but is essential now.

Are there things that you can’t do without that a few years ago didn’t even exist? Have you become dependent on one form of technology or another?

I wonder what are the things haven’t been invented yet that we won’t be able to live without in ten years.

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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He previously worked in radio for about 25 years but these days he spends his time at Compassion Australia, working towards releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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2 Comments

  • Cell phones come to mind. I almost panic now if I leave the house without my cell phone. It makes me feel cut off from the world!

    Maybe you should get a second pair of reading glasses and keep one at home and one at work.

  • Yes, the reading glasses. I’m to the point now that I have multiple pair stashed in strategic locations for when I forget the ones that normally stay in my shirt pocket — except when on my face.

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