{"id":2060,"date":"2014-06-27T11:37:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T15:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2014-06-27T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T15:37:35","slug":"technology-temptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/technology-temptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Temptation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love computers. I often prefer their company to people. Before I got married, I had close to a dozen computers in my life. They all worked. Or mostly worked. And when the ding<\/em> or a NewEgg or TigerDirect email would appear in my mailbox, I would look through it. The same for the paper catalogs. What was on sale? What did I need to complete a machine? What upgrade could I buy?<\/p>\n

I threw a lot of money into hardware that I rarely did anything with. Hard drive. Enclosures. Cords. Adapters. I had a mountain of junk that I thought was important.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t. I had big plans for what I bought. But I never followed through with much of it. So I bought more and more. I kept looking to see what I could buy. Because it was a deal.<\/p>\n

Now, I don’t receive any of their mailings. I’ve long since removed their temptation from my life. I can’t remember the last time I visited either site. I no longer lust for technology.<\/p>\n

I’ve done the same with app deals and sales. I don’t get notified. If something goes on sale, it’s usually something I already own. And if it’s not. I don’t need it.<\/p>\n

If I did, I would have already bought it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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