My computer refused to print a document the other day, so I restarted my computer, which is something that I don’t do terribly often. When it booted back up, Firefox updated itself, and suddenly everything in the browser–all my settings, passwords, bookmarks, etc.–was gone. Just gone. No idea why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has never happened before, and it’s been inconvenient, to say the least. I don’t always write down passwords, and even when I do, that doesn’t mean they’re easy to find. It took me a while just to find the password for this blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s really sad is all my lost bookmarks. Years and years of bookmarks. From the bill-paying websites (so necessary!) to the oodles of great-sounding recipes and interesting articles (so promising!), it’s all gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this loss is also liberating. Everything in the browser is fresh again. I am motivated to change the settings to what’s ideal for me, rather than “the way it’s always been.” And every bookmark that I wasn’t using was like a little unfinished task. Now they are all gone, so it’s not my fault that I’m not using them. I am guiltless. I am free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My computer refused to print a document the other day, so I restarted my computer, which is something that I don’t do terribly often. When it booted back up, Firefox updated itself, and suddenly everything in the browser–all my settings, … Continue reading