I recently took a trip. Not a real vacation but as close as I am going to get for quite a while. It was a long trip so I had to stay in a motel. I have not stayed in any paid lodging for over 13 years. I tried to pay cash. But they also wanted a large cash deposit. So I put it on a credit card and paid cash when I checked out!
I stayed with an aunt the first couple of nights. The generation older than me. They had all the bells and whistles. All the electronic gadgets etc.
Then I stayed a couple of nights with a great aunt. two generations older then me. She is out in a rural area. She does not have a computer. Or even want one. No cell phone. One car is 45 years old and the other 25. Which both work and look well. The television gets 3 PBS channels only. The telephones are even still rotary dial. How can someone live like this? Well she does. And ultimately gets a lot more done than I do.
How do you do it? You go and see someone face to face. Not in fashion today but still possible. You go to the place you want and deal with people. This requires some social skills that most of us have lost. This is still an effective way of getting things done.
The US Mail. When is the last time you ordered something over the mail? Fill out an order blank. Post it. Wait for the recipient to get it. Then they mail you back. It is not that right now thing like the Internet. But does get things done. Anything that you order by Internet or mail comes in the mail anyway. Doesn't it? One way or another.
The telephone. My aunt uses a rotary telephone for all her business. The things are bullet proof. They will continue to work in all kinds of weather for a hundred years. Still in use for forty years with better sound quality than any cell or cordless phone. It can still dial toll free numbers and do a lot of functions.
Pen and paper. You can still write things. A letter, note , document etc. I keep a pen and note pad with me at all times. Sometimes you just have to write it down. If I am out and about or even at home, it is nice to just write it down to remember. Or even just remember in your mind. Not likely! So write it down.
Physical work. I know. I do it. Sometimes I do not like it. My aunt in her nineties moves dirt. She showed me her new weed eater thing. Cooks her own food. Will drop the f bomb on you. Pretty cool. At the same time shows a very feminine look. Cannot imagine what she looked like in 1942. Pretty well I guess as she was successful in business. Still carrying on today.
The rest of us (including me as I am on a computer) are weak at best compared to the older generations. They just got things done. Things that meant something. Not just electronic communications. If there was something that needed moved they moved it. They did not look for an app on there phone to do it for them.
As far as I can see the most connected generation gets the least done. They cannot make a move without their phone in their hand. They do not want to do anything hard (as if anyone does), They do not want to be at work (as if anyone else does), just want to go home and sleep.
