Day in the life: swapping the creative hat for the tech hat

One of my least favorite, yet necessary parts of the writing life revolves around technology. While not overly savvy pertaining to anything more than simple formatting in Word and Excel, I can navigate Zoom meetings, Facebook and Twitter, though Instagram intimidates me. Several years ago, I created my first website, but eventually retained a designer for a facelift. Once she left her role, however, that meant learning how to update my site (an ongoing work in progress). Add to that hardware and software updates, and security measures—oh my! For instance, following a recent software and hardware “cleaner” application upgrade, my audio disappeared and I spent eight hours on three separate support calls with no success. Finally, my husband suggested I navigate to the manufacturer’s website, and for the umpteenth time, I ran a systems scan. Except that time, a missing driver was recommended. Thankfully, after restarting my laptop, my audio returned. But no, I’m not changing careers anytime soon.

What’s one challenging aspect of your daily life?

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