Recently, I spent the entire day without using social networks. I had thought that I would do fine with it until I actually started it. It turned out that I am very relient on my social networks. I ended up deciding to go to a movie and to the bookstore for a couple hours by the end of the day because I needed to find a way to stay away from the internet.
From this experience, I learned how dependent I am on social networks and just the internet in general. For instance, when I got out of class, I automatically grabbed out my phone in order to check Facebook and my text messages and such. This really made me understand the severe codependency I have on my phone. This is both ridiculous and dangerous: ridiculous because it is just an object and it doesn't really have any substantial meaning to me, and dangerous because being so relient on any one person or thing is not healthy.
Since I did this experiment, I have tried to use my phone less often. This is not an easy thing to do, but I still try.
No comments:
Post a Comment