Today we lost the internet access in the workplace caused by the power outage last weekend. Only thing we could do was to wait for the problem to be resolved and meanwhile, I could only do physical work because most of my jobs required the access to the internet and data server same as most people. Therefore, I spent a lot of time on physical work and a little computer work offline. As long as the company pays, there is no problems for me, and it is not that much stressful.

That situation made me imagine the world with no internet because I had plenty of time of nothing to do today. I was like, What is going to happen if our world loses the entity and concept of the internet tomorrow morning? What if everyone is no longer able to use the internet? The point is, this imaginary situation must be applied to everyone otherwise, it is just unfair to me. By the way, I love putting myself into an imaginary situation, but I am not a big fan of any sort of fantasy. To me, the situation must be realistic. Let’s say we all remember what the internet is and how to use it, however, all of sudden somehow it turns out that we are no longer able to use the internet due to some technical inevitable problems or some astronomical reason, for example, let’s say people somehow find out the internet to be physically harmful to mankind and animals, not mentally. I am not going to say that we lose the use of internet because some formidable extraterrestrials from other planet invade the earth and force us to live as slaves of them with no internet because it’s a different story.

Just immerse me and yourself into the world that the internet is no more available. What do you think? What do you do? I was disappointed that the first thing came to my mind was that, the efficiency of English study would decrease significantly. What a terribly boring idea! This is a token of the fact that my life is almost preoccupied with the study. I am so sad! Even if it is the completely imaginary situation, I still mainly think about my study. Truly disappointing. The second thought was, oh I will lose all the entertainment now I have received. This is mainly about YouTube because it is a main source of entertainment in my life. So it is hard to think about the life without YouTube which is the only channel to connect with Japanese comedy here in Canada. Ultimately, I might as well decide to go back to Japan if no internet is available anymore because I must feel insecure to live here. I probably miss any crucial information to live with no TV and friends. I might not realize any evacuation order of natural disaster, on top of that, the worst-case scenario would be, I might not realize if a world war starts due to deficit of the source of information and social bond with people in addition to the English levels.

On the other hand, once I go home in Japan, I rather might be able to live comfortably with no internet. Not having internet could be the biggest and most powerful excuse to abandon any responsibility of work, or highly intense pressure of accomplishments or success in life. Most likely, I will live with my family in a rural area with no high paid job or self-employed if possible, and earn just enough money to live, doing some hobbies in my free time. That sounds perfect. I will be mentally physically the happiest as can be. Wait. From that perspective, do I might as well want to go back to Japan subconsciously? I don’t want to accomplish anything in my life to be honest. Did I just open Pandora’s box in my mind? Or I just want to be lazy for a moment? Did I reveal something that needs to be sealed in my soul? I somehow feel bad about something now. Woo I don’t know why but feel scary and eerie. Well, it seems like I need to be in the world with the internet. Somehow. Seal it again. Would you want to try to put yourself no internet world? Let me know how it works.