"I routinely fool myself into thinking that I'm much more productive than I've ever been, thanks to all my electronic devices."

Is our plugged-in lifestyle kidnapping our lives?


Jerry Davich

"By the time I returned to bed – in what seemed like 15 minutes after I awoke – I glanced at the clock. It was 4:14 a.m. And my mind was racing. Ugh. Officially, I was off the clock yet I was on it for nearly two hours. Maybe the clock was on me, like a piano dropped from above.

I routinely fool myself into thinking that I'm much more productive than I've ever been, thanks to all my electronic devices. I feel more plugged in than a convention showcase of household appliances. Like an alcoholic, I could quit anytime, I tell myself."