So you may or not realised that I became poorly with either the lithium withdrawal or the further enlightenment from the neurologist that there was more to withdrawals to come.

So this afternoon watching a program about life in the 1950s they had none of our technology, habits or mindset. I even thought back to my own childhood in the 1970s and things were simpler, we had more time to read, to laugh, enjoy and be free of the stresses the Internet brought us.

I see no point in mentioning the words Social Media or the latest Meta (whatever that means)

So the brain warms up, the cogs are clicking and maybe a little bit of psychosis sets in. They will think I’m bonkers, but is it all of them ? Not me? Am I being a realist? We shall see!

So without any prompting and little for-thought the mobile phone is stomped into aeroplane mode without any plans to put it back on, or the thought of planning, to put it back on.

I need to examine what will people will hear when they try to ring me (a) if it’s on aeroplane mode or (b) it’s turned off.

My father used to switch on his mobile phone when he wanted to make a call and then turned it off when he had finished maybe the old 3410 will get dragged out the drawer.?

It’s not that I don’t want to be contacted it is that I do not want to be contacted at other persons whim, so I’m planning to leave a message on my voicemail to welcome callers, it might sound odd and I’m not sure when it will kick in either aeroplane or on off I shall find out.

Before we go into the voicemail greeting, I need to make it clear that I have worked my way into a social corner and I only get telephone calls from three people and when I’m really fortunate the doctor or hospital. They’re important and they know how to contact me in other ways.

I plan the following greeting on my voicemail

I’m next in line for a nervous breakdown,

I owe it to myself,

I deserve it, and

No one is going to deprive me of it

The greeting could and probably will continue as

I’m offline. If you how my address, snail mail me, like the good old days, if you don’t know my address then there goes your chance….

What is wrong with refusing to adopt the NEW? A cellular phone is handy to make calls (period) but to be aimlessly, vacantly gawping at the rectangular screen of despair.

I do like informational YouTube posts and the odd drama or film/movie on the television even if it is fuelled by the WIFI

So the phone has not rung today, it had no chance anyway

Tomorrow I shall make tracks to remove all of my banking details from the cellular phone and any other sensitive material on the cellular phone. We carry it around, it gets lost, it gets stolen, it gets hacked. Is it a good thing to carry it around?

I think a good old notebook that has paper in it with pen, stuffed in the top drawer it’s definitely a good idea. With an iPad switched off in the top drawer too for when I need to use the Internet and not when it wants to use me.

Here is to a simpler new year

Farewell to mindless internet involevment.

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