Attention Deficit Disorder – a common trait?
By andy on Friday, April 7, 2006 - 6:53 pm
About a year ago I got a Blackberry. Some call Blackberries “crack-berries” because they are so addictive. I must admit, I loved my blackberry (I recently switched to a RAZR phone). I miss my blackberry. It was so convenient to be able to check your email without being tied to a desk. You could SMS any phone easily. And when you normally reach for a magazine or newspaper headed to the men’s room, you could forget all that because you could surf news via the internet on your blackberry. It was great.
But, I noticed something was happening to me when I had this great little tool. I developed a nervous tic. If ever there was a pause in a conversation, or a time waiting in line, I would constantly reach back to check the status of my email. Constantly. I couldn’t stop it.
Then, about 9 months ago, I purchased a laptop. No need to go into my upstairs home office to do work, I can bring this great laptop into whatever room I’m in. In the evenings, and on the weekends, it’s a common occurrence that I will have both the TV and the laptop on trying to multi-task. This is a problem for me, and I can’t stop.
Now, i have the TV on, that has 900+ channels on it. On demand movies, DVR capabilities, 24 hour headline news, 24 hours sports stations, dramas, comedy, weather, infomercials, whatever. And in addition to that I have the laptop monitoring my emails, I have my RSS reader monitoring all my favorite blogs and websites, and I often like to leisurly browse the internet, and in the event I get an idea in my head I can just pull the laptop close and do a little research. This is a problem.
I’m finding it harder and harder for me to hold my attention to any one subject. I find myself flipping channels at record speed. I flip-flop between websites so fast you’d be amazed. It’s a problem.
This article calls it Attention Deficit Trait. Check it out. I think he’s right…
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Comment from Laura Lu
Posted on Thursday, 16 November 2006 at 12:13 pm
I hear you. I’m not that bad but I can relate to the addictive pull of technology and tv. You need to get out and talk to people… tonight… Evening Muse, Nathan Angelo acoustic set, me, maybe Jared, maybe Patricia, come please.
L
Comment from Amy
Posted on Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 2:34 pm
This cracks me up because it was totally me last night.
I’m just now looking at your website, dude…. And this is forever old, but still wanted to comment. 
