I've been noticing commercials lately have been making me disgusted.
A phone carrier talks about how not having coverage everywhere all the time is unacceptable. It ends with a family watching a movie in a tent under a beautiful starlit sky in the mountains.
A car commercial plays a song "never slow down" while flashing clips of people doing things fast. things that have no need to be done fast.
I know that progress is a part of life. I get that technology will develop, life will change. But do we have to devalue it all? Is it so bad that I don't like touch screens?
Do we have to find ways to live faster, be busier? Do we really need to have phones and distractions constantly? I mean, I find it hard to sit and watch a show w/o multi-tasking.
I have always tried to remember to enjoy life, to embrace the quiet and find time to slow my pace. But I worry about our society and the model for my daughter we're setting. I don't want my daughter to have to contend with my phone, or my computer. I don't want to eventually have to contend with her phone in exchange.
I appreciate technology. I love looking up a recipe I don't have in a cookbook. Or being able to google something to find an answer or put my mind to rest.
Yet, even on that note. I find I spend time problem solving less. I don't try to figure things out myself much anymore cause a quick search is all it takes.
My creativity gets stunted because I can search pinterest for ideas instead of coming up with original ones.
Yes these are all good things, but I never want to lose the ability or desire to live without.
Challenge yourself, don't let technology be a constant crutch. Spend a night, morning, or even a day tech - free! commit to asking people instead of siri. Try to do the math or find an answer with a book. Answer those questions your kids ask instead of sending them to the internet. Call your mom for a recipe instead of 1000 strangers on allrecipes.com.
Yes technology is good, a gift, a plus. But, it's also a crutch.
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