More About Doing Too Much: 2015 Year In Review

By Joy Lynn Clark

January 1, 2016

Months back I began to notice some of the most all inclusive dishes ever.  A hamburger with a hotdog and chips all under one bun, a fried chicken cake with mashed potato frosting, drizzled with gravy, and a cornbread center.  I thought, genius.  I have to compile a list.

All year I found dishes.  A pizza with a hotdog crust, and a beef sandwich topped with cole slaw and fries.  I am starting to think, I need everything NOW.

My son went into Gamestop to trade a game.  They needed my driver’s license number.  I was like damn, do I have to be a part of this transaction?  Yes, America we need everything NOW.  It is hard to understand why it was so important that I be a part of this E for everyone trade.  It’s not like I let my son drive here.

My license was expired (I confess, I never drive and I live in the center of the city).  Nonetheless, I took the bus to the DMV to renew.  Then I thought, Gamestop should accept bus cards.  However, there’s something about a pawn law (which is what the salesperson actually said).  I thought to myself, “what an informed salesperson”.

On the other hand, I am a card carrying Gamestop member so, don’t they have all of this info on file?  There’s my name, there’s my address, and it matches the info you have on file.

I am not just picking on Gamestop.  It happens to be my son’s favorite place.  However, I find myself giving tons of personal information to people who already have plenty.

Last year, I thought it was just personal information.  Turns out, everybody wants everything all the time.

I was walking downtown and I saw some great window displays at Forever 21 (I know, right).  I went inside and my head exploded.  I didn’t know where to go first, I was like a computer and just froze.  There was just too much going on, all at once.

Then I thought, I want a sub with everything on it.  Then I thought, I need to build a new site.  I am feeling lots of pressure over this.  Maybe I should just get a protein packed smoothie.  Maybe I can just expand the site I have.

Then I thought about my education.  I studied Multimedia Production.  I took classes in graphics, web design, 3D, audio production, and video production.  My major was doing too much.

Where do we draw the line between convienience and too much information?