The Idiot box and the iPhone

The Idiot  box and the iPhone

The love with this two gadgets has increased exponentially 

Screen time has averaged close to over 10 and 11 hours that is close to all the waking time. 

Last few days after a meditation when sri sri again asked to keep smartphones away at least one hour after waking up in the morning.

I have a new routine in the morning. Wake up at 5:10-30 am and take a quick shower or just a good wash. 6:00 am is meditation on Channel 779 DoorDarshan India which goes international. 

6:30 at the end of the meditation I take a cup of hot /warm water with a spoon of ghee . Six surya namaskars I manage and enjoy the short body stretches within the twelve asanas. I have learnt to live without the talk time upto 8:00 am some days . 

Take a nice walk round the terrace and reach 1.1-3 km and move on to a bath, Sadhana and breakfast  by 9:15 am 

I am happily surprised I have not opened the TV after 6:30 am for the last one week I believe . 

Famous among  channels , Romedy Now was a top favorite . I saw Guess who ,The good the bad and the ugly , Meet Dave in parts and in whole.  I’m so happy I have kept the phone away for a talk for long .

Movies Now plus is too violent for my taste specially gory bloody scenes . Romedy portrays mostly nice love stories that depict all’s well that ends well like stories.

That urge to sit flat on the floor and watch movies has gone and I prefer writing or reading and listening to music .

One good job I did was get my Bose SoundTouch30 working and setting up preset internet radio and enjoy music on Bluetooth and WiFi. Listen to morning Bollywood retro channel and suno1024

The latter is a channel that is famous in UAE and has ads from Dubai.

I listen to light retro songs while walking on the terrace for about 45 minutes while reading bits of e-newspaper news and the the channel -FM radio on the net .

Normal times I would have chosen some FM on the mobile phone .The joy of listening to the Bose system sounds is out of this earth . All this requires proper use of WiFi and data that costs reasonable today in India.

The new normal will be offices with all CCTV and online work from home will keep you on camera full time . You won’t be able to bluff about health or sick kids or non existent parents for leave .

Life surely is going to a new level of technology filled moments for zoom and google meet . Some prefer the traditional Skype and now Microsoft team. The later is  for office teams to work .

Keeping a phone or laptop separate from office will now have a premium value for home and relations.

Am sure in the next less than five years corporates would have less meetings at office except for cutting cakes celebrations or drinks parties.

You can’t drink eat online only order stuff online.

Life looking forward is going to be exciting and data will be a cost factor in all homes.  Kids and adults will have to regulate and love life away from the gadgets. 

Sleep well , Stay safe keep gadgets off when you rest or keep them away from the bedroom 

Muralidharan R Nair 9-05-2020 

Lockdown day 46 Bangalore India