Not as Digital as I Thought

I consider myself a fairly digital person even though I’m more analog than others. I still take meeting notes by hand, keep a paper journal and a paper datebook, and buy paper books. Writing that, it sounds like I hate trees. Anyway, I work remotely online and often socialize via FaceTime. That feels like a digital life.

I got excited by a list of 50 things you can do to lead a more analog life. But when I opened it up, I discovered that I’m much more analog than I thought. Before I read the list, I would have judged myself to be 80% digital/20% analog.

But I didn’t hit the first thing I didn’t already do until #10. I see sunsets, but I don’t make a point to go outside and watch the sun set. Some of the list is unhelpful — I didn’t need to do 11 – 15 because I find it super easy to not pick up my phone or go on websites — and some was confounding (how are game consoles analog? Why not board games?). But overall, it was a good reminder that some of the basics are worth keeping.

I’m thinking now I’m more 60% analog/40% digital upon reflection, though I got to that answer without any scientific proof beyond the fact that I already do (or already don’t do) most things on this list.