Laptop Crisis: The Dependence on Online Life and the Pressure of Reality

Hello dear friends,
I hope you all are doing well and spending a beautiful life with your loved ones. I wish you all happiness and peace.

In today’s era, our lives have become inseparably linked with the online world. Office work, writing, freelancing, social media management—our dependence on technology grows day by day. I am no exception. Especially because I work on online platforms, having a reliable laptop has always been essential for me.

Back in 2018, I started working on the Steemit platform. Gradually, I managed to earn a little and save it. With those earnings, in 2019, I finally bought an HP laptop from Multiplan Center. At that time, it felt like a dream come true—a laptop of my own, a tool that would let me work anytime, pursue new ideas, and start building something meaningful.

For the past 5–6 years, this laptop served me exceptionally well. Writing countless blogs, doing YouTube research, managing daily online communications—everything revolved around this one device. But no matter how good technology is, time eventually takes its toll. Over the past few months, my laptop gradually began to fail. At first, the battery stopped charging properly; later I realized the battery had completely died. Then some of the keyboard keys stopped working, and it began freezing from time to time.

Eventually, the laptop broke down entirely. After checking with a service center, I found out that repairing it would cost around 15–20 thousand taka. Right now, arranging that amount all at once is quite difficult for me. The idea of buying a new laptop has crossed my mind too, but the cost would be even higher.

Meanwhile, my daily work has almost come to a halt without a laptop. Writing blogs, researching videos, learning new things online—everything has been disrupted. It feels like time itself has stopped, but in reality, time waits for no one.

On one side is financial pressure; on the other is the harsh reality of a technology-dependent life. In earlier days, when something broke, it might have been repaired casually, without much urgency. But now, life almost feels paralyzed without a laptop.

Adding to the stress is another frustrating fact—Steem’s price isn’t rising either. The platform that once provided me some income has now become stagnant. This means I can’t easily solve my financial issues, and investing in something new feels risky.

Altogether, this phase of life is teaching me a tough but important lesson: no matter how essential technology is, every decision in life needs proper financial planning and a backup strategy. Perhaps now I must calmly decide—should I spend a large amount repairing the old laptop, or should I gradually save up for a new one?

Life doesn’t stop; it must go on. Even in the middle of challenges, we have to search for solutions. Maybe this is one of life’s greatest truths—no matter how big the crisis, we must keep moving forward and find a way through.