I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we are always charging our electronics, some days feel like we’re working for them, not the other way around. Granted, one could hardly have a more “first world problem” than this. It means I have too many electronic thingamaggigs. Still, most of our things drain batteries fast and we’re pluggin them in left ant right.
Around here we don’t do much grownup gift exchanging, but this past Christmas I did get two new things, yes electronics again. A small scale to weigh my coffee grains properly, and a book light that clips to the cover/some bunch of pages. Yes, mid-life first world right there. They don’t do anything like a smartphone or laptop does, they’re not as advanced as my wireless earbuds. Simple single purpose devices. But! Their batteries last forever! I use the scale every day and the light most days, and I haven’t charged either one since opening the presents.
There are, again, various posts about going analog. There’s been a mini trend for dumb phones, but here’s what I’d like; just a more restrained choice of electronics. Not as smart, not doing as many things, just enough, and that last a while on batteries. I don’t have any big theory, I’d just like to have stuff that doesn’t power off all the time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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