Why I have waited to buy an iPad for a year now… (it is not why you may think)

In a word… Discipline. When the iPad was first announced I freaked. No seriously, I was like “Oh my sakes, this is it!” I was like a teenage girl at a school dance; all squeally and stuff. But (this is a big but) I (along with the wife) decided not to get one.

The obvious reason which accounted for about 15%, was that the 2nd generation would have more features / less bugs etc. Which I’m hoping it does. (Come on Steve, don’t let me down…)

But the bigger reason, by far, was that it would be a good discipline for me to wait a year for something that I really wanted.

So for the last year, I’ve had the privilege of letting God do a quiet work in my heart every time I saw one of my friends pull out their iPad. It’s been cool to monitor how I respond each time. Over all, I’ve done pretty well at genuinely being happy for them. Only every once in a great while am i like, “Come on man, You’re a bad steward of that thing. You’re totally under utilizing the apps & features!!!”

Let me ask you, when was the last time you deliberately waited for something when you could have had it immediately? What if, every once in a while, it’s good to give our desires a timeout?

By the way, I wrote this on my iPhone. I’m still patiently waiting for the iPad…

Intentionally NOT spoiled rotten,

Matt Keller