SingleTasker Saturday is a new feature here at The Simple Llama. Every Saturday, I’ll feature an item that does, well, just a single task. These items go against everything I believe in, and are meant for everyone’s amusement. I don’t intend to purchase any of the SingleTaskers, and I don’t recommend that you do either.
It’s not exactly a secret that I like Twitter. Probably more than I should, given my time constraints. But I’ve already banged out nearly 1,500 tweets, so I can profess to being a Twitter-holic. It would seem that the device featured on today’s Singletasker Saturday is made just for me. Meet the TwitterPeek. While it may look like a smartphone, I can assure you, it’s no such thing. The TwitterPeek does one thing, and one thing only – lets you access Twitter.
I’ll give you a moment to take all that functionality in.
Got it?
Just to clarify: No phone calls. No SMS. No Email. No general web access. All you get is the ability to read tweets, create tweets, and search tweets. That’s it. All for the bargain price of $200 ( lifetime service included ). Oh, and you have to lug the thing around, in addition to your cell phone, which can probably already handle your Twitter needs.
The entitlement mentality is one that seems to spread by the day. You deserve a good job. You deserve to own a big house in a great neighborhood. You deserve a 90″ television, hooked up to digital cable with 600 channels. You deserve access to the greatest doctors in the country. You deserve a carefree retirement, traveling the world. You deserve this. You deserve that. I have news for you.
No one owes you anything.
You don’t deserve any of those things above. You can have them – if you really want them. You’ll have to work for them, though; they come at a price. But no one’s going to give them to you. The world doesn’t owe you a living, and it doesn’t owe you luxuries.
To get all these things takes a lot of work
If you’re willing to work your butt off, you can have everything above, and more. But the cost involved may not be worth it to you. Will you miss spending some of that time with your wife and kids? Will you miss not being able to relax on your porch in the evenings, because you’re stuck at work?
Make a decision
Sure, you can work, work, work, and have all sorts of luxuries to make life “easier.” Or, you can choose to skip some of the luxuries, and enjoy life more along the way. Work smarter, work less – and spend the rest of your time living. Make the choice to give up some worldly luxuries so that you can experience more, live in the moment, and focus on the things that matter. Things like your religion ( if you’re spiritual ), your spouse, your children, your family. Whatever matters most to you in life, spend more time on that, instead of chasing things that make life “better”.
I say simpler is better, and I’ll spend my time living, instead of chasing.
It’s not exactly a secret that I like Twitter. Probably more than I should, given my time constraints. But I’ve already banged out nearly 1,500 tweets, so I can profess to being a Twitter-holic. It would seem that the device featured on today’s Singletasker Saturday is made just for me. Meet the TwitterPeek. While it may look like a smartphone, I can assure you, it’s no such thing. The TwitterPeek does one thing, and one thing only – lets you access Twitter.