I sit at 11 clock in the morning in the office on the computer and will create a simple programming table. Since the cell phone vibrates. Aha, a notice of a teenager. What does he want? The meeting move. I look in the online calendar. And then I met another date and reminds me that I should prepare to have some more. Where I have the material? The phone rings. One employee tells me that a church member is in hospital. When can I visit? Again, I consult calendar and make me an entry. As my eyes fall on the screen: 12 new emails. Whether because something urgent has come? In fact, with Mr. P. I should call. But where I was stuck really gone? Yes, just in the planning table. It's half past twelve, if I can still do before lunch?
Many technical machines control our daily lives more than we would like. I was so clear when I read the book "Payback" by Frank Schirrmacher. He writes: "The modern workplace has become a place of external and internal immobility competitive sports: the average office people constantly changes between 12 different projects, which he has pursued, is just beginning or still need to finish. "
entirely new challenges to the human condition are provided to us. During the first man struggled to his work with thistles and thorns, I am dealing with distractions and alleged are operated by the technology. Here I risk not only my memory, but stand in danger of losing control over labor. I am reminded of a biblical passage, where are the "fruits of the Spirit" listed (Gal 5:22). The last is: self-control. It is more relevant than ever. Who controls me? Is it me? Is it my laptop or my i-Phone? Or has God's spirit influence my decisions? A practical help for my self-control is the following tip: Before 11 and after 23 clock no Internet.
