Why can't you take a break from your computer or your phone?
Today, I thought of how things are beginning to take shape in my life, and for once I feel as though I am living my purpose. The last 100 days, I don't remember the day I worried too much about anything. I am always at peace with myself as though I have everything thought out. Truthfully, I haven't. All I do is make changes to my plans when needful, or continue on the same path if it's working out fine.
I am going to apologize first and foremost for how this writing is going to unfold. I will merely quote another wonderful author and fill in my thoughts and experiences. This is because I couldn't leave anything out of his writing. He did a wonderful job of penning all of the things every one of us is passing.
His writing takes cognizant of the need to take a break from our social media life, once in a while, and think through all of our decisions, actions, and deeds. Do you often get sucked up in the booze of your social media? It doesn't necessarily have to be your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or LinkedIn accounts, your Hive account could suffice too.
Will I be wrong if I say we've all been addicted to this place? Maybe, maybe not.
Wait, where was I again? Yes, I remember. We have to take a break from social media sometimes. Go out there and feel the breeze on the face. Feel the Waves of the sea wash off your skin. Allow the sun to burn you a bit, wax in the glory of nature and all the things the Almighty has created.
@honeydue69 on the post, Take a moment. Make a plan practically took a trip away from his phone to think over the things that were burdening him. He spend his day with nature and the results were amazing. Here is his confession
Surprisingly, thoughts came to me unbidden, and soon enough, a solution began sketching itself in my mind with remarkable ease.
He explained the story would be different if he was asked the previous day. This is his moment of realization. He figured the internet even though it's important for all our lives and our jobs takes away a lot of simple things from us.
These days we find it difficult to call up our friends and talk at length with them. We are busy and we drop text messages here and there. And if we fail to respond on time, we feel guilty and apologize.
Today, I hope that after you read this, you will call someone up and speak with them about anything. It will surprise you to know that the connection will be surprising.
@honeydue69 confirmed it when he spoke with his cousin
We'd spent over an hour on the phone, yet we'd covered numerous subjects, and felt like we'd connected, and understood some things.
You see most of us are suffering from the phobia of calling as he said. We find it difficult to start a conversation and hold it till the end, offline. This is one of the realities of the internet. We have been engrossed in the things we are doing with our gadgets that we forget to bond with the people we love.
Today, suicide is rampant because of the things we see on the internet. Young men and women feel as though they have failed because of the Photoshop pictures and screenplays shown by their age mates on social media platforms.
We are no longer able to discuss the things that bother us so we do not look or sound out of place. We could go crazy for these things.
Last night, our social media accounts were down; the likes of Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram. We didn't know what to do. This morning, most of my friends are joking about it. A lot of them say they resorted to calling their friends, others saw a movie until they slept off. Someone mentioned he had a boring night because of this.
How is it possible that we have become so addicted to social media that a bridge in connection for a few hours weighs us down? How come we couldn't think of any useful thing to do except seeing a movie? Does this mean the youths are soaked up in social media so much that we no longer have a life?
Well, Mr.Mark Zuckerberg was having system maintenance yesterday, and my friend said, he ought to apologize to us for giving us a boring night, and for ruining our lives and sleeping culture. Don't you think we have to rearrange our lives and the things we placed value on?
We need peace. It should come from within. How do we find peace when the turmoils we face emotionally, and psychologically weigh us down? I'll see you in the comment box
Around 2 years ago I have started with "practicing" everyday long walks... They are usually around 2 hours and during that time I enjoy in surroundings where I am at the moment... It can be a seaside, forest, abandoned roads, paths... That time is one of the rare occasions where I feel FREE and where I get the most valuable ideas regarding work, life, current day, etc... Because of that, I have picked that time for recording my 5-10 min vlogs that I'm doing as I think that the message when I'm in that relaxed state is the most valuable for others too...
Thanks to Mark being hacked (I doubt that it was "maintenance"), I have pulled out my teenage son for a walk yesterday... :) I would advise everyone to take some time every day and DISCONNECT!
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Some very valid points you raise here. Personally i think that social media and other addictions take our attention away from the background of stillness and hence our ability to feel the connection with our One True Self. The reason we disconnect in this way is because uncomfortable feelings arise when we are still and we wish not to feel them, so we distract ourselves. It is however necessary to fully feel all these feelings to integrate unintegrated emotions (which cause the upset feelings).
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You are on point with this! Most of the things served from the mainstream media, or this kind of social media are just distractions from living OUR LIFE and what you said, connecting with our One True Self...
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ENGAGEtoday.I need to learn to take a break from my phone.
I realized how attached I was when I got sick because my phone was bad but then again I do pretty much everything on it so I am conflicted.
I can't agree more.
Lately this is much more evident to so many people. And yes - that little excursion from those apps yesterday... hahahaa
I was talking to @zellypearl and @doziekash on her post - we were talking about the things we did while the internet was down.
sometimes we really need to be pushed off the devices in order to regain our center. I don't think that devices are bad - or apps - or internet. On the contrary, they have filled my life with so many riches (all the people I've met) that i would never have been able to at all - without the internet. And learning about cultures and places - not from the news - or from movies - but from COMMUNITIES that tell me in their own words.. i love this!
but...
we MUST have that balance. and if we don't get it - we will suffer terribly. it's so important to have those getaways and those times apart from the outside chaos.
This has been on my mind so much lately. so so very much.
and I think it really has been on so many people's hearts and minds. I think its because we are all sensing the damage that has been done - and feeling the need to reverse it before its too late.
and it's not too late.
we just need to begin reversing it now.
love this post, my sweet~!
The truth is that I was really astonished how the world kind of stood still for those few hours of the so called maintenance - I have a feeling that it was not just maintenance that caused the bridge. Come to think of it, hasn't Mr mark been maintaining his apps all these while, and we have never heard of a shut down due to maintenance.
Well this Tia m tells us how deeply addicted we have become of our online world. If you have ever had a chat with someone addicted to a hard drug, you will realize that when this is taken away from them, even for few hours, they feel that their world is over.
Like my beloved captain @dreemsteem rightly said, it's not totally bad having a life online, but then there should be a balance. You should have alternatives if your online world is taken away from you.
Lol. We had the same discussion with my friend yesterday in school as well.
We imagined a world without the internet generally.
How sucking that would be if we are suddenly left without the internet for a generation that has already experienced using the internet.
All the same, there should really be a balance to everything just like you said.
I'm A big victim of this. I can't remember when last I actually called to check up on someone. I only make calls when there is an emergency, or when I can't contact the person through social media.
Once I asked someone, how can I contact you and the person gave me her social media handle. Most People-including me- would rather do that, instead of GI giving out their mobile number.
I seldom use my phone or laptop or any other gadget for social media. I don't even text. I use my phone for talking and digital transactions and laptop for creating work including my work. I trust in digital detox so never touch any gadget for the first two hours including my phone when I am out for my morning workouts. But I can hear you!
Great points you raise here
When I retired last year I switched from a busy work schedule to spending more time on social media but after a while adjusted
I now have set times of the say I stay away from it my early morning walks and time spent with my wife or other family members
Most of my online time is hive related but it doesn’t rule my day family and activity come first
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I am so addicted to my phone that I had to pause it for a while and went out on Sunday. Seriously, I feel good to go out and see different people, views and I had a different perspective.
We need to sometimes stop our mobile and have to calm ourselves with the outside world and see how we would feel.
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Hello @edystringz. I understand perfectly what you are saying. I grew up in an era where social media was non-existent. So I could care less about it. I'm online now if and when I want to.
I think the majority of the younger generation is too dependent upon social media. I have a feeling it's the "FOMO". God forbid you go to school the next day, or go to the the office or hang out with your friends and you don't know what's the latest thing happening online. Can you imagine the shame!
FOMO indeed.
It's sad, and no solution unless the younger generation is taught otherwise. Parents are guilty of this too by encouraging it. Any child not old enough to work on a paying job receives the equipment to be online, and the funds to operate within such paying sites. That's not to say that computer equipment is not needed for education purposes. It's the other items that are given.
Thanks for your thoughts on this topic.
You're right, most times we are so busy on social media that we neglect people around us that matters. It's funny how I feel guilty if I don't make a post on hive for a day, it seem to me like I have committed a crime when actually i needed a rest. Your article speaks sense, sometimes we need the fresh air to help us think