“Every episode of Seinfeld could have been solved with a cell phone […] We used to have miscommunications that couldn’t be corrected instantly. We lived in that chaos and it was funny and we were happier.” Kelly Oxford
By: Gabriela Yareliz
The wellness online world is fantasizing about going analog. Back in the day, the inability to communicate in real time made for good tv and funny and chaotic living. We survived by telepathy, planning and deeply knowing each other. There was a trust and code. People showed up when they said they would. We practiced patience and gave each other grace.
Now, we have phones on us 24/7 in shows and life, but the plot still revolves around the inability to communicate, period. We have become our worst selves.
In real life, we talk past each other, and it’s no longer funny. Our attention span sucks, and time feels like it is flying. Everyone is bored, but no one knows how to be bored.
What if going analog goes beyond writing in a notebook and using stamps? What if it’s a training ground for planning, assuming the best and deeply knowing and being known? What if that is how we regain the funny plot?
GABRIELA YARELIZ 