What's up buddies? We are presently living in an era of technology, which itself has lots of pros and cons. In fact, there are many points which we can count as advantages and then I can point out a disadvantage originating from them only. What I am gonna talk about in my post is social media. Isn't it very beautiful to receive a text from a person who is your childhood friend and you left that place years ago when you were a kid only and you guys haven't talked since then. It's a sure thing, this text will bring a smile to your face and you will run either to your siblings or parents and after telling them, you guys will say : wow, technology is really awesome and of course it is...or...lets talk of another case, you just came across a person, now you instantly want to check out and there may be many possible reasons for the same like you are really attracted with the persona or maybe you mildly knew each other at some point of time and now, you are just curious about their lives, what they are up to, what they have achieved or maybe, you just wanna say hey and rebegin what you had.
What I just mentioned are some random points about applications of numerous social media platforms we come across these days and they are amazing in many ways, but as I mentioned earlier, these merits may have demerits built in. Just think of a scenario when you are having a good day and just then, a person from your past comes across you, you exchange sights and by the time you reach home, you have a message in your inbox: 'hey'. Isn't it very easy for people to reach you. Maybe it won't affect you a lot but somewhere in your mind, a seed of curiosity will start germinating and you may think about whether to reply or not for an entire hour which could be spent productively on your daily goals. Though, it will only be a thread of your mind where you will think about it, but, it will consume some of the energy and now you have a decision to make also.
Enough about a person's accessibility through these platforms. Moving to the main heading of this post, why you need to take a break? Many of us surf instagram, facebook, reddit, youtube and many other platforms on a daily basis. I am sure that some of us are spending 3-4 hours in total on them. If we look at the time when we have our supper done and the time we sleep, for singles, it is of course surfing time because of cheap internet availability and flood of content over these platforms. In long run, we are developing a habit of giving our time to futile posts or which are very least related to us. We shift our sleeping schedules. Though, it's in our mind and we take a resolution everyday that today, I will sleep on time but these platforms somehow manage to demand all of our attention and we push ourselves past our resolution i.e. our focus remains fixated on surfing more, consuming more. Talking about results, we end up killing our chances to get up early in the morning, chances of dark circles, bad health, missing the golden morning time when there is purity in the atmosphere and a very right time to absorb the positivity. We ourselves end up pulling us miles behind successful people and success. Also, we feel lethargy the very next day and its our routine now.
So far, we covered impacts on health but now, I want to discuss about even worse thing. Somehow, we are consuming content which is not meant for us. I am not talking about sweet animals or kids doing fun activities over cameras but massacre, abuse, controversies, religious brawl, random guy telling us what is right and of course, even a layman having a right to put his/her comments about how government should function, how education system should be, how one religion is better than other and almost everything which they have no connection with, even in the parallel universe. This kills our inner self. We form an opinion. We think about consequences of impossible scenarios. We absorb negativity and in many cases we become one of the above people. I am not saying that we don't have any right to put anything on our own social media handle but we should belong to that field. Our soul should be devoted to the wellbeing of our community and are experienced about what we are posting. All of it affects our thinking process, out mental health, our point of view and ability to decide. We may spread rumors or convey false information.
Just a possible scenario that might happen with any of us . Imagine you are almost ready to sleep and you see a random post in which a dog is being beaten brutally and crying like anything, what is the state of your mind now if you love animals? Didn't you just consumed something that may affect your mind and may delay your sleep timings. Isn't it something you shouldn't have seen just before sleeping and now you can't do anything about it as it's an incident which took place months ago in some other country and you are just a boy about to get admitted in some college. Of course, some of us may make it their goal to do something for them but majority of us will just be able only to think about it and giving up precious energy to it and then after a day or two forgetting the same. You could do some useful work instead but its gone now and that time is never coming back. So, when negativity takes hold of you or you are not ready to accept all kind of content or you don't have loads of extra time to devote to surfing, take a break and do something productive. Pursue your passion, try to take steps towards goals or just take a sound sleep to rise with the sun next day.
Hope you find it helpful. Lots of love and best wishes for future from India<3.
