Human behavior is complex – or at least it is to me. Even my own behavior can be perplexing, which of course occurs only when I make an effort to self-diagnose or evaluate an overt action or emotion, AKA personal reflection. And today, I committed that crime; that is, an adult male who overtly and without forethought, malice, or external stimulus decides to take an emotional dive.
Ouch. OK, the water was not all that deep. I don’t swim well in those waters anyway. And I was up and moving onward in a minute. But, I did note that technology played an essential role in the modification of the way I do things… Wait, no, more like technology directly caused me to change a well-established behavior – that of leaving the house and driving somewhere – in this case to class.
I turned around. Four minutes out, and I turned around. What, pray tell did I leave behind? My cell phone? Wallet? Briefcase? Forget to close the garage door? Did I leave the A/C on? Did I forget my gourmet brown bag lunch? Nope, none of those.. I turned around to fetch my FitBit, that was left in a state of disassociation.
Damn…