examples of information overload:
- IRS
- messages on our cell phones from vendors, doctors, etc.
- IRS
- TV
- commercials ad nauseam
- local news
- weather
- traffic reports
- IRS
- the owner's manual for our RAV 4
- HUNDREDS of poorly written and poorly organized pages
- We've NEVER got an answer to our questions from the owner's manual.
- IRS
- appliances' manuals
- IRS
- TONS of junk mail (email, snail mail, etc.)
- IRS
- etc.
answer: because the IRS is the KING of information overload.
- the INSTRUCTIONS for completing the 3-page form 1040 is 113 pages long!
- not to mention the HUNDREDS of other forms, instructions and documents.
- how did our parents ever get us to doctors and dentists appointments?
- how were they able to complete their income tax returns?
- how did they know how to operate their cars and appliances?
answers:
- they wrote them down on a calendar. they didn't need multiple "reminders" (phone calls, messages, etc.).
- income tax forms and instructions were relatively simple.
- they checked their owner's manuals. their owner's manuals weren't HUNDREDS of pages long. They were short, to the point, and clearly written.
do yourself a favor. don't get caught in information overload. get yourself a calendar that you can write on (like Mom and Dad's), pencils and paper, a calculator that adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides, and do business like your parents did--in the good old days.
attribution: scorp_stanton
BTW, don't get me started on doctors and dentists. the media likes to talk about inflationary gas and food prices. Is there ANY greater example of inflation today than what doctors and dentists charge? Filling a small cavity used to cost less than $100. Today, you can spend THOUSANDS of dollars a year on dental care. It's the same with doctors. WHAT A RIPOFF!!!
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