To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.–Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember’d.
It seems that even Shakespeare knew about the trials and tribulations of the inter-webs, well before Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. It can be a veritable cess-pit of humanity at times, so I thought about long and hard about getting a connection for the kirk. Did I really want to have that sort of intrusion / distraction available at what is a place of refuge for me?
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has been modified over time for different purposes. The slightly tongue-in-cheek additions of ‘Wi-Fi’ and ‘Battery’ for me speak to the importance of knowledge and power. ‘Scientia potestas est’ (knowledge is power) is the motto of my secondary school, and over the years I’ve tried to develop my knowledge to increase my agency.
Working from home is one of the things I value in my professional life, so I needed to decide if being able to work from Ohakune was going to be important to me. Since my commute was extended from 10-20 minutes to 90 each way, I’ve really valued the ability to work from home on the occasional Friday. It has also helped to avoid the weekend exodus traffic by being able to get on the road by 4pm.
What has finally swung it for me is the sheer convenience of being able to control heating systems remotely, as well as view live streams from the security cameras on the property if need be. I’ll also be able to stream entertainment if I want a quiet night in.
Next time: What lies beneath
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