tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post5339115847939731651..comments2024-03-27T06:58:00.659-05:00Comments on Balancing Jane: Blogging to My PhD: Technological Devices and the Human Experience Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-82674121733905728592013-07-25T07:38:48.373-05:002013-07-25T07:38:48.373-05:00I find this topic fascinating and especially inter...I find this topic fascinating and especially interesting is how we are losing physicality. Not just what you point out (though I love that) about the acts of doing things and being connected to their process, but literal physical effort. We now have to "make time" and spend money to go to a gym to get exercise, when in reality if we just lived our lives without every single modern convenience, we would get exercise naturally. I relish in the fact that riding my bike to work, making bread, playing with a friend's 3-year-old all strengthen my body and make me more able and less dependent on a big stuffy building to "get back in shape". Every time I see a commercial for a Swiffer (which I was given) or a stronger chemical product (which I am trying to stop owning), I roll my eyes thinking of the next degree of "elbow grease" they are eliminating and all of the people who will now have to find a way to "get their muscle tone back". <br /><br />I know some of these conveniences make sense, and I am just as guilty as anyone for participating in a ton of them, but I also think it's sad/ironic/hilarious that we then mourn the loss of our fitness and pay someone to spend extra of our precious time to get it back, when the Swiffer was meant to save us time and energy exertion.Emma Kluesnoreply@blogger.com