On an average day I get about 20 text messages, 50 emails - excluding social network emails - and I am contacted about 10 times on WhatsApp.
That calling is still popular is clear from the fact that “The Club Can’t Handle” blasts through my phone speakers about ten times a day. And besides the usual ways of contacting me, I am also bothered through social media like Twitter, Hyves and Facebook.
Enough ways to stalk me.
So why am I harder to reach than the Queen?
BECAUSE ALL THAT STUFF MAKES NOISE!
My life mainly happens at night, and during the day I do little more than sleep in and be lazy. And that is a good little life. Still, two beloved little nuisances make sure I rarely get any peace: my iPhone and iPad.
They are always within reach, including the sounds they make. Push notifications are a gift and a curse when they keep me informed about the social status of my friends and when they kick me awake in bed. Every day, my room becomes a symphony of different Apple product sounds.
It starts on my iPhone with a Twitter push notification, and two seconds later I get exactly the same sound and message on my iPad.
Annoying.
So sometimes I simply choose not to be reachable. I turn everything off or hide it under a pile of old clothes. Being reachable is a choice, and if you do not like that choice, send me a letter.