What will you get for Christmas this year? Seniors have a self effacing habit of telling everyone that they don’t need or want anything, and then feel slighted when they don’t get the “good stuff” they want or deserve. You have nobody to blame but yourself if the fancy wrapped packages under the tree contain candy that you don’t like, bath powder that you don’t need or another ugly tie that you will never wear.
You could hint that you might like to try one of those “new fangled” gadgets (the very ones you have been that you have been bad mouthing for years), and get something useful and fun instead.
I know you despair that kids these days spend too much time under the influence of their electronic gadgets, but what if you could use these very same gadgets to bridge the generation gap. If you really want to connect with your children and your grandchildren you need to get used to the idea that technology is here to stay.
If family and friends are scattered around the world you will soon discover that distance isn’t as much of problem. Thanks to technology you can share files, music, letters, photographs, and visits via your computer; the next best thing to being together.
Put things in perspective by thinking about you what it is that you want to accomplish. No idea? Let me throw out a few ideas to you:
Would you like to see pictures of your grandchildren on Facebook, write an e-mail letter, read a hometown newspaper, visit via a video conference, or just shop without leaving home?
Now is the time. You can learn how to write, teach or even play games with everyone in your family. Interacting and playing together is a great way to connect, even when you live far away.
Sign up for classes and plunge right in. The fact that you can learn anything, at any time, and at any place should be exciting. Technology is a great equalizer; you will no longer be defined by your age.
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