Going paperless

I'll be the first to admit that I spend way too much time online via my Apple MacBook, which has the battle scars to prove it. I try to look at it as moving with the times and technology and for the most part it is, especially when it comes to keeping my finger on the pulse and keeping a firm grip on all facets of my life. Furthermore, sometimes I don't even realise how much of my life has evolved from the actual and physically touchable to the virtual. I am sure there are some things that I will probably never completely transfer to the online world i.e. reading magazines and books, but even as I write this I am not 100% sure if this is true especially if they are made obsolete or unobtainable. At the end of the day, I would like to think I will always have a choice in these types of matters, but I know that this is not always going to be the case. So as time ticks on I have begun to utilise bit by bit a few of the elements of technology and the online world that will benefit me in some way. This has included the likes of Internet banking and having bills or statements accessible via email or log-ins, which helps if your postal address tends to be of the non-fixed variety more often than not. One of the other things I have become fond of, although I am not sure if I should confess this, but as someone who loves not only retail therapy but also the likes of grocery shopping, I have taken a shine to browsing through online catalogues especially because I love a bargain. It is also good to be able to look up movie session times online without having to phone the cinema and listen to a long automated message or pick up the local newspaper to check for times. Technology and the Internet definitely have positives and provide convenience, but I would still like to advocate their co-existence with some traditional and old school ways of doing things. In fact, I am going to put this into practice right now and make some lunch for tomorrow from a recipe I printed off the Internet.

A newer version of my Apple MacBook  (image courtesy of Apple)