I am deprived of sleep and time. Courtesy: smartphones.
The alarm on my phone went off. Two hours after dawn break, four hours after I fell asleep, fifteen snoozes later; I woke up feeling disoriented. I cursed myself yet again for sleeping so late and unplugged my mobile from the charger cable. First things first, I turned on the wi-fi connection on my mobile so that it would sync data on all apps by the time I take a leak (productivity level: unbelievable). I can never stop thinking and that sums up 80% of my problems; the two minutes in the restroom involves the first brief recollection of the happenings of yesterday that could have possibly stirred a global revolution while I was asleep. And I can only control my anticipation until I flush yesterday's beer down to the sewer. I walked to the basin picking up my phone on the way (NO ! I didn't wash my hands yet,so you might want to reconsider your thoughts of asking me for my phone) and washed my hands before I picked up the brush (brush is clean,but you wouldn't ask for my brush!!). Brushing with the right hand and browsing whatsapp on the other saves a lot of time, so by the time I am done with brushing whatsapp is off my 'must-check-apps' list. Still 48 more to go but I don't have 48 daily activities in a day (sadly). I then walk to restroom (this time you know why) with phone in hand. Before I get under the shower facebook, twitter, quora, pinterest, instagram, snapchat are off the list (I check only notifications at this point of the day and so this daily activity could be termed the most productive one). I throw my mobile onto the bed and finish bathing in 3 minutes (#done #fastestActivity #noMobileInHand). I get dressed as I reply to few priority messages on whatsapp and then get the milk from the refrigerator to pour it into a bowl of cornflakes (Quick Breakfasts are the need of the hour). The whatsapp group texts are annoying and funny at the same time (the people are annoying, the fights and gossips are funny) and I love being the ignored one in those groups. Done with breakfast. And Hola !! I am off to work !! I prefer public transport as I can travel with lot many potential girlfriends, to be film-stars, rich people with money to give-away, possible friends who can help me in a crisis, few interesting people and many other caricatures while I confine myself to the window seat browsing my mobile peacefully.
The other day a fellow traveller made a ruckus after getting pickpocketed and then there was an incident where a 20 something guy got slapped by a 18 something girl; there were no witnesses to what happened before these instances but the aftermath of these incidents were uploaded as videos and the whole world including me were passing judgements on the happenings. That's just a different story altogether. So I manage to get to office 15 minutes late and walk straight to my place (no social interactions on my way.Phew!). I hardly do anything other than check emails after which its just 8 hours of 'what to do' thoughts. My office has blocked all third-party sites because it kills productivity, so all of us have to browse them on their mobiles. The only interactions I ever come across at office is 'I am going to get some coffee, you need some?', 'there is a new chick in the office', 'we have a new manager'; sadly the latter two occurs rarely. Anyway, office hours are boring if you don't have a smartphone because I am convinced that am surrounded by idiots and conversations with any of them are pointless. There are certain apps which consume your time in hours; so while at office, when am pretty sure I got a lot of free time I set my alarm to 6pm and get on 9GAG after which comes twitter. So my day at office is done and on my way home I fall asleep in the metro (once when I was about to get down an old man told me 'must have had a hectic day at office.Get some sleep son.'), and I went and slept for 8 straight hours. And the dawn breaks and snoozing begins..
There are few days when something or the other inspires us, someone becomes a motivation factor, diabetes threat asks for exercise to be incorporated in routine and a crazy desire to enjoy life. But Ain't nobody got time for that. But of course I do my bit for the society by being a part of coastal clean-up drive, contributing and running a 3 km run for a greener city, taking pictures of graffiti and protesting on social media, sharing awareness links on my Facebook wall and signing online petitions. There are criminals, rapists, chain-snatchers, unemployed graduates, eternally aspiring film-makers, 30 year olds awaiting marriage proposals...and I am like 'I hardly get time to sleep'. My parents should be proud..!!!
The other day a fellow traveller made a ruckus after getting pickpocketed and then there was an incident where a 20 something guy got slapped by a 18 something girl; there were no witnesses to what happened before these instances but the aftermath of these incidents were uploaded as videos and the whole world including me were passing judgements on the happenings. That's just a different story altogether. So I manage to get to office 15 minutes late and walk straight to my place (no social interactions on my way.Phew!). I hardly do anything other than check emails after which its just 8 hours of 'what to do' thoughts. My office has blocked all third-party sites because it kills productivity, so all of us have to browse them on their mobiles. The only interactions I ever come across at office is 'I am going to get some coffee, you need some?', 'there is a new chick in the office', 'we have a new manager'; sadly the latter two occurs rarely. Anyway, office hours are boring if you don't have a smartphone because I am convinced that am surrounded by idiots and conversations with any of them are pointless. There are certain apps which consume your time in hours; so while at office, when am pretty sure I got a lot of free time I set my alarm to 6pm and get on 9GAG after which comes twitter. So my day at office is done and on my way home I fall asleep in the metro (once when I was about to get down an old man told me 'must have had a hectic day at office.Get some sleep son.'), and I went and slept for 8 straight hours. And the dawn breaks and snoozing begins..
There are few days when something or the other inspires us, someone becomes a motivation factor, diabetes threat asks for exercise to be incorporated in routine and a crazy desire to enjoy life. But Ain't nobody got time for that. But of course I do my bit for the society by being a part of coastal clean-up drive, contributing and running a 3 km run for a greener city, taking pictures of graffiti and protesting on social media, sharing awareness links on my Facebook wall and signing online petitions. There are criminals, rapists, chain-snatchers, unemployed graduates, eternally aspiring film-makers, 30 year olds awaiting marriage proposals...and I am like 'I hardly get time to sleep'. My parents should be proud..!!!
