Relying on the GPS!

The more I use my GPS the more I notice how I loose perception of where I am and how I got there. All I am focused on is what "Esther" (this is the name we gave my female companion, my GPS) is saying, turn left, turn right, and of course the famous words "re-calculating". This came to mind the other day when I visited a property which I had been to before. I had visited this property a week prior and as I drove to the address being assertive and listening to "Esther", I looked around and realized I had no clue how to get there. Mind you, I was a few blocks away, if I was left there without my iphone or my GPS I would not know what direction to take. This is a scary thing, we depend so much on our gadgets that we don't even take the time to look at a map and actually know where we are going, instead we enter the address and take off and hopefully it will lead us to our final destination.

I remember when my husband was a real estate appraiser working in both, Miami Dade County and Broward, and did not have a GPS, we would look at mapquest and map out his route. Funny, I was the one to tell him "why use a GPS you can do it all online", now I feel bad. As soon as I became a Realtor, this is the first gadget I purchased. Even when we travel to the mountains, this takes us exactly to our destination.

A GPS is a wonderful tool as many other tools out there, but I think we should put on our thinking caps and use our brain a little more. Don't get me wrong, I know we use our brain for many other things but sometimes I just feel clueless because I have gotten so use to these gadgets, it's just a wake up call!

"Esther", my companion!