Jitters

In life we are confronted with a multitude of factors that lead us to becoming jittery. These factors may be events (e.g. wars, accidents, loss of dear ones, etc.) or stimulants (e.g. coffee, tea, etc.).

The degree of our jitters in the past decade or two has grown to new heights, thanks primarily to the exponential growth in technology and the advents of the internet, e-mail, cell-phones, hand-held communication/entertainment devices, twitter, facebook, smart-phones, tablets, etc.. Thus, effectively we have a relatively new jitter triggering factor, one that I would like to call the "electronic jitter" or "e-jitter" factor.

It is easy to visualize that the e-jitter effect emanates from the many hours per day that we now spend working/playing with/on all of the aforementioned devices/applications! It is also easy to visualize that we now depend to a large extent on being under the influence of the new form of jitter!

So, effectively, we have become addicted to being e-jittered.

Now, imagine what would happen to us if we were to abandon all the components that contribute to the e-jitter phenomenon. I bet that we would develop an e-jitter withdrawal reaction leading to what I would elect to call the" e-jitterless jitter"!

Jitterly yours,

Hani Badawi

January 19, 2012