I had intended to finish my design and code portfolio and also keep writing while traveling. My sister’s husband also had work to do that required Internet connection, so a consistent Internet connection was important to all of us.
But after a two week trip to Ko Samui, where I nearly became an IT professional troubleshooting problem after problem with Internet connection, I am beginning to wonder how much I should really be pushing for the Internet.
We spent so much time waiting for pages to load, resetting routers, climbing up rocks and jerry-rigging old boards to place the router where it could better fish for signal – I woke up each morning thinking, “Is the Internet working?”
And all this time I was staying here (below). In a beautiful mountain/jungle/beach and all I was thinking about was my email and getting frustrated that I couldn’t get any connection.
On the last few days, after getting ill from a little too much communal water drinking, and being forced to just lay around doing nothing, I decided to forego my computer and phone. I often found myself alone looking off the balcony, while other people were on their phones, and I realized how crazy it is that we get so sucked in.
On the last night, I just hung out and talked with my sister – because, guess what? The Internet wasn’t working. And it was one of the first times we’d connected in quite a few years.
Makes me think that, maybe instead of fighting the Internet, that I should have just been enjoying the ride.
Questing for Coherence 