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December 24, 2003
Mary Krissmess
By QBlog in
Merry Christmas.
I'm up late on Christmas Eve, reflecting on the past year. I thought back to last Christmas and the things that were happening with our family. My wife was still very active in Quixtar and making all those plans that good IBOs make at the end of the year. She planned out the conference trips for 2003, the people she would contact and the things she would do to get more organized in her business. One of the things that would help her organization was a Palm PDA and, unbeknownst to her, I got her one for Christmas.
Personally, I'm not real big on PDAs. They're great and fun and helpful... for about 3 months. Then they seem to start collecting dust more than addresses or to-do lists. So, before I bought the PDA, I grilled my wife on why she needed it, how she thought she would use it and how helpful it would be as opposed to a spiral notebook or something less expensive. She answered each questions with a legitimate and thoughtful response and I was satisfied knowing that she would really use the gizmo to improve her Quixtar business and get more organized.
Christmas Day came and she was genuinely excited to get the digital surprise. During the next few weeks I watched in amazement as she became more organized (and energized too?) and used her Palm daily, almost hourly. This was no toy for her, it was an essential tool for her business and I was thoroughly impressed. I began to change my mind about PDAs and even considered getting my own. In my mind, that PDA represented the change and progress I saw in my wife. I started shelving my skepticism of Quixtar and imagined my wife on stage as a Diamond who "made it" in spite of her doubting husband and his goofy questions.
And then suddenly, it all fell apart. We had trouble making the mortgage payment. Debt was spiraling out of control. Threats from our upline. Within about a month we were "out" of Quixtar and licking our wounds. I've explained the details here before so I won't recount them now. However, I will say that we are a much happier family today than we were last Christmas. We certainly still have our problems but life somehow seems better now, if less organized. And where is that organizer tonight, on this eve of Christmas? It sits next to the computer on its PDA charger. Collecting dust.
Comments
It most certainly did. But you should have seen what the new LapTop did to our lives. Oy vay!
We're joining a luddite colony Jan. 1.
How very fitting: A Luddite who makes his living constructing web pages.
When PDA's first came out, everyone I worked with had one. Now I rarely see one. I personally did not use mine and sold it. But know I have a PDA / cellphone combo and that actually IS useful (at least as a better address book.) The calender / to do stuff is still pretty useless.
I bought a Handspring Visor back in the day, and I still use it (almost) daily... when I remember to take it with me, that is. Interestingly, I use the calendar / to-do functions the most, the address book occasionally, and the memo pad never.
On the other hand, my wife doesn't use her Neo much at all.
What does this have to do with anything? Not much. It just shows that different people use technology differently.
Why, that evil, diabolical, no good PDA! Ruined your whole Christmas, it did.
Posted by: Dwighty | December 25, 2003 8:56 AM