I'm always on, always connected.

We asked for it, and now we have it. A constant connection to the rest of the world. I write to you now on a small Palm handheld that connects via Wi-fi. Likely when I am too far from this type of connection, I am probably in my truck and my handheld becomes my GPS unit.
If I'm not at home, or in my truck, or even at the local Panera bread, I am at work. At work is where I would be connected to the server for e-mail, printing and copying, and yes, the internet.
There are very few places in which I would not be connected. I always have my cell phone with me (attached at the hip no doubt), the handy GPS, and the little Palm. Somehow, some way, something of mine is communicating with a satellite orbitting our globe, and you know what, I love it!
Sure I'll need a vacation from all this someday, but I could never complain about it. It keeps us all together and makes the world so much smaller. I can pay my bills quicker, say HI to my sis in Michigan for free. I can even write to my silly blog laying in bed in the dark with a handheld and a stylus. (Hey at least I'm using handwriting...so old school). Although it seems like you just can't get away, this is what we wanted. This was meant to make life easier. And it has to a point. When you are working two jobs to pay for all this technology then you might want to step back some. If your life is more complicated because of it, then you might want to shut something off.
Me? I will likely be the first guinea pig for an all-in-one 1Tbit, always connected brain chip, but for others the only escape will be somewhere in the locale of the Peruvian Andes.
Alas, this is what we thought we wanted or even needed. And there is so much yet untapped. While we learn all this new gadgetry, we should always remember one important thing; how to turn it all off.