A Google Dragstrip App?

Effective self-leadership (the topic of a lecture I was in today) is exactly the reason why I switched to a smartphone. You read that correctly, AJ Pyne has switched to a droid to fulfill his cellphone needs. Once you have defibrillated yourself, read on and I will explain why.

First, what self-leadership is: organizing your skills, your weaknesses, and your time so that you may accomplish goals in a fashion that would otherwise be unattainable with simple, unguided effort. Many have argued that effective self-leadership is necessary for leading others. I’m not convinced, because as long as a leader’s faults don’t interfere with his or her leadership there is no issue, but I’m sure it can’t hurt.

Next, I would like to explain my problems with smartphones. In the following rant, all offences are intentional and no fucks are given: Youth of America: pull your heads out of the facechat twittergram’s ass. Too much of your time is spent watching the internet lives of people you don’t really care about. As you stand and stare motionless at your IPhone screen the real world is tripping all over you; look up and join the flow or sit down and get out of the way.

I am going to go ahead and say that the biggest reason why I switched from my faithful LG Dare to a Razr is Google Calendar. I can now objectively look at my day and determine the best way to spend it, as opposed to “I feel like doing this now”. I love that the droid can be as annoying as I want to be as far as reminding me to teat my hourly as gospel. I can also track the food I eat (which is HUGE- from both a health standpoint and an oh-crap-I-only-ate-a-bagel-today standpoint) and my training development (I am an avid fitnesser). I feel that I am more efficient, even if only slightly.

There is a horrifying effect of this regimentation- the failure that was my time management is even uglier in hindsight. It is a cold, rude awakening when you determine that your priorities were almost entirely backwards and an even colder ruder awakening when you determine why. Overall, I believe that I’m going to be better in the future both as a person and a productive entity.

I refuse to install Facebook on my phone; I have no, Instagram or Snapchat account. I have nothing in the way of entertainment on my phone, save the Jegs Perfect start app. It’s a training app that hones your response time in relation to a drag-racing strip light tree. I am glad to report that not only does the droid make me more organized; it makes me better at laying rubber.