The LA Times once presented the following headline:
There's little privacy in a digital world
Users of TVs, computers and smartphones leave technological fingerprints wherever they go, and companies are lapping up the data.
David Sarno of the Los Angeles Times writes: “Eric Hartman doesn't pay much attention to his iPhone. But the iPhone is paying attention to him. Buying milk at Ralphs? Playing World of Warcraft? Texting dinner plans to friends? Binge watching on Netflix? It's all recorded. Over the course of a day, hundreds of digital traces pile up, each offering more insight into the way Hartman and his family live.”
The idea of keeping track of all that you’ve done and every place you’ve been in the course of a day…a week...could be world-shattering. Think of the benefits of keeping a budget – not so much to limit spending but to record where the expenditures go. I challenged a young man once to keep track of how much he spent weekly on his Mellow Yellow “habit.” He assumed he was spending a “few bucks” when, in reality, after keeping record, he discovered it was more like $90.00!
What if you decided to do that instead of just Apple and all the merchants that compete for your loyalty? The time you have has already been numbered. You have been entrusted with it. So what if you kept record of all your activity, then upon review at the end of the day asked the question, “Why did I do this?” Follow that up with, “Why do I exist?” But to love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love as Christ has loved me.
This could be revolutionary (Colossians 3:17).
So teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12