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by Lucy Kippist

08 Jul 05:40am

Filed under: Chores, Cooking, Electronic Organisers, Modern Life, Work

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BUY MILK flashes the outlook calendar as I robotically press snooze.

‘Buy milk’ it urges again five seconds later.

Outlook calendar reminders have become daily practice for me.

There are many subtle hints in the modern world reminding us to buy milk

I’m also in the habit of snoozing ad nauesaum until I’m moved to post the same reminder (not always milk, can also be ring mum, do laundry) on my phone.

You know, for later – when I have some time to ‘get around to it’.
Facilitated by an arsenal of ‘time-saving’ devices including scrawled post it notes, an addiction to Google calendar and a filofax, I call it having efficiency in being inefficient.

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caroline says:

09:16pm | 08/07/09

we’re in danger of outsourcing all the stuff that keeps us human. there’s a wholesome satisfaction you get from baking a birthday cake instead of buying one. i know we live in a fast-paced world and i love many things about that, but there’s a perception that if you’re not… Read more »
stephen says:

03:33pm | 08/07/09

This, Lucy , is probably the new ‘cool’ : we are vague and seemingly disinterested in the mundane, so we outsource it to a minder. (The implication is, of course, “I have better things to do with my time”) It’s probably not simply a reaction though ; the information age… Read more »

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