No Context For You – October 26th

The things we take for granted…

Something works. Then it doesn’t. And it’s a pain to fix it.

No matter how careful or skilled we are, even “fixed” it’s not quite the same. It’s close, and you’re grateful to not have to deal with the moderate to severe issues from when it was broken.

You probably don’t even notice it at first. Because it was “fixed!” If something were still seriously off, well, then you would keep working on it. Until it’s “fixed!”

But at some point you realize that it’s not the same. Maybe the health app on your phone or watch gives you an odd, totally unexpected notice. Maybe the door that used to swing shut tightly with just a feather touch now needs to have some pressure applied to shut and stay shut.

So you adjust. Or maybe you just realize that you’ve already adjusted, you just didn’t realize how much until your phone gives you an odd, totally unexpected notice.

Aware now, coming into tune with the new reality which you didn’t ask for, you pick up your pace, you learn new habits, you start pushing that door, you try to keep the health app on your watch happy.

Or at least, happier.

And you move on. With the occasional, wistful thought for the way it was before. When the things we took for granted were there, and not replaced with the adjustments and compensating habits.

All of which we’ll soon take for granted.