I'm "Old Fashioned"

[Bathsheba]

I can't recall who said it but I too will never get the hang of predictive texting when using sms. I think it is the first thing technology-wise that I have decided that I won't learn. I understand about growing as a person emotionally and all and I hope I don't stagnate in that regard... but I think there will come a point in all our lives that we will sit back and be happy to let technology pass us by. You can only keep up for so long. Yes i know you hear of old folks in their 90's who have embraced computers and this gives the impression they are staying up with everything but i bet they don't I bet they still don't know how to program their VCR.

I don't know... I know that learning new things lessens the likelyhood of degenerative disease like dementia/alzheimers etc but I do have an acceptance that i just can't keep up with EVERYTHING as well as i have in the past. I don't have a foot in the grave, I just want to be at peace with this. I would rather learn 5 new languages before i die than keep up with some aspects of technology. I don't want to start feeling insecure and bitter about not staying on the cutting edge of techology. The thing is that life offers us so much that we have to choose. I really feel drawn to learn so many fundamental skills in life... such as learning how to bake a lovely loaf of bread from scratch (all the better to appreciate it) than to learn some of the more complex things. Does this make any sense?