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"Smart" Watches

I tried a smartwatch for two days now and can safely say it is the first instance of technology I hate with a passion. Whereas before my smartphone was a means to an end, a way of quickly addressing things that come up, the smartwatch is an incessantly pestering device offering no resolution as I still need to go to my phone... It is a frustrating device that nags for my attention - making me feel like I am enslaved to a device that will not give me a moment of uninterrupted peace. My wrist buzzes with every new thing that happens in the world. I've tweaked it to only the most important notifications... but still the result is a tethering to the connected world. I don't own my own attention anymore. Suffice it to say: smartwatch for sale, great condition, barely used.

Smart Leash

I tried a smartwatch for two days now and can safely say it is the first instance of technology I completely dislike. Whereas my smartphone is a means to an end, and offers quick ways to address notifications that come up, the smartwatch is an incessantly pestering device that gives me no ability to take action as I still need to go to my phone or a computer to do so. It's all notifications without gratification. Maybe one day this will change, but then it'll just be a smaller smartphone worn on your wrist. Right now it's a device that nags for my attention - making me feel like I serve it, rather than it serve me. All that being said: smartwatch for sale, great condition, barely used.

The Arts

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I don't normally share motivational quotes, but I feel this one is particularly poignant. I don't necessarily consider myself "artistic" in the typical sense - but I have always had a love to create. Draw, write, build, mold, plant, design. I would encourage anyone who ever claims: "I can't ______, I am not very good at it," jusy to try. The point isn't the quality - not at first. The point is that you didn't turn your inability into a disability. This attitude will then transcend into other aspects of your life, and make you better off in the end. And now I will descend from my soapbox.

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