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I have lately started developing an acute sense of being a slave to technology. And what's even worse is that this sense of feeling arises not just from me, but from most folks around me as well. Be it strangers on a bus or folks at a party, individuals waiting for a train or dining at a restaurant, almost everywhere I turn, individuals are hooked to their devices - be it a cellphone or a smart pad.
For a while now, I have been considering breaking this barrier, starting with myself. Don't get me wrong - I do understand and appreciate the enormous power of having technology at our fingertips - the massive advantage of having all this information available to us, the unparalleled happiness of connecting with friends on a real time basis, no matter the distance and so on and so forth.
But somehow somewhere down the lane, I have started witnessing, within me, a profound sense of losing out on the 'real' things. I almost feel as though life is passing me by, all while my eyes are glued to some 5 by 2 screen.
I almost think that, for me, the straw that broke the camel's back, came in the form of a photo I recently saw on Facebook (big surprise there :p). The photo depicted some individuals in San Francisco attending a party in a breathtaking setting. The event venue had been converted into a Bali themed absolutely incredible open spaced area. And what could I see the folks in this mind blowing setting doing? - you guessed it, each one of them was glued to their cellphone. If we cannot communicate face to face even given such an incredible ambience, then something definitely is not right.
No more. I vow to not let life pass me by. So here's my conscious decision to indulge in...
...Less Whats App, more Whats up around me
...Less Texts, more Talks
...Less Email Subscriptions, more subscribing to life events
...Less Checkin's, more places to check out
...Less Status Updates, more updating my personal experiences
...Less Browsing, more Seeing
...Less phone conversations, more in-person meetings
...Less LOL's, more laugh out louds
...Less Tweets, more Speech
...Less Texts, more Talks
...Less Email Subscriptions, more subscribing to life events
...Less Checkin's, more places to check out
...Less Status Updates, more updating my personal experiences
...Less Browsing, more Seeing
...Less phone conversations, more in-person meetings
...Less LOL's, more laugh out louds
...Less Tweets, more Speech
...Less Facebook, more noticing new faces around me
...Less a Slave to Technology, more a Master of my Life
...Less a Slave to Technology, more a Master of my Life
Unplugging to reconnect. Wish me luck.
