I feel like time moves so fast. Lately, it seems like it's moving even faster because of all the "on demand" services now available. Books, music, movies, TV shows delivered immediately. You don't have to wait for anything anymore. I feel like we are finally living like The Jetsons. I barely remember life before the Internet. Guess what?? Our kids wont ever remember a time without it.
Progress is great, but all this immediate gratification makes me sad sometimes. As a kid, if I needed the answer to a question, I went to my dad. If dad didn't know I moved on to another smart relative or I had to do some real research. Now, forget it, right to the computer, no search for a smart person, just Google it.
When I was growing up, if I liked a song I had to go to my local record store and embarrass myself singing a tune to the clerk so I could buy the album. Say "album" to your kids and wait for the weird look, they barely know what a photo album is much less a record album. I love when we are riding in the car with the radio on and one of my daughters asks to hear the song again and I say "I don't have the song its on the radio". My little one has no idea that songs are not always available instantaneously.
Remember when you wanted to record a song on your "boom box" and you had to wait hours listening to the radio to catch it just in time. Heaven forbid you were on the phone or in the bathroom when the son came on and you couldn't hit play and record fast enough to catch it. I recall not so long ago rushing my kids to bed or getting my friend off the phone just so I could catch one of my 8:00 shows. Now with my DVR I can finally enjoy my children's bedtime or the inevitable phone interruption and not miss a single second of my favorite show. No more waiting for a commercial to throw in a load of laundry or grab a snack.
What will our kids wait for? How much more time saving technology will they experience? Scary to consider.
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