Sometimes Be Offline
Switching on the smart phone is the
first thing that you do when you get up from your bed. Switching off the mobile
phone is the last thing that you do before going to sleep. A sleek and
sophisticated smart phone in your hand is a style statement. The access of
internet is from bedroom to bathroom. People shop online even from their
toilets. We entertain a large number of e-mails, chat notifications, comments
and likes every day. The more they are there, the higher is your status.
E-mails, facebook, apps, chat, video games have become addictions. Knowingly or
unknowingly, we are slave to technology which is a good servant but a bad
master.
Be always connected is the new mantra
of the modern generation. People want to show off that they are busy. Replying
e-mails, updating facebook, waiting for other’s reaction on your latest updates
have become fashionable. We get irritated if an e-mail or a message does not
come for some time. How many mails come to us daily, how many friends are there
on the social media and how many likes or positive comments come on our post
are matters of social status and professional prestige. We feel incomplete or
imperfect without being on-line. We have become an inalienable and integral
part of the virtual world.
Being always connected keeps your
mind unnecessarily busy all the time. You lose your mental peace and emotional
balance. Give rest to your mind. Let it relax. Multi-tasking also badly affects
the quality of your work. You do not concentrate on one work at a time. You
have created your own little world within this vast world. Relationship is
seriously affected. You are so engaged in the virtual world that you have no
time even for your family and kids.
Get rid of this bad habit which is as dangerous as drug-addiction.
Sometimes be off-line. You can connect with yourself in a better way.
Disconnect to reconnect.
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