It’s funny. I have a husband who spends all day sitting at the computer and almost no time on the computer that is not work or personal project related, where as I am a self-professed social network addict. I am working on this flaw. I have seen it in my kids and I am not a fan. How can I ask them to stop if I am on Facebook 24/7? So I need to learn to turn it off. The world will not end if I miss a text message, email or status update.
Park play dates have turned into mom’s checking phones, teens checking phones and kids running around. We have checked out of personal contact and into a safe world of make believe.
We crave that hit of dopamine we get when we check our phones. We need to be connected to everyone on our friends list. When did this happen? Why did this happen? Social skills are an afterthought. No one writes personal notes anymore.
We have a tech free dinner table. This is a must. We come together and sit down to eat and talk about our day. No room there for Facebook or Twitter. No room for Snapchat or text messages. I think we need to do this more. My husband has been saying this and I have been fighting the wave.
I am not afraid to admit my guilt, but I am ashamed that I have let myself get this way. Now it’s time to take a hard look and figure out how to get out of the hole I have dug myself into. So I issue a challenge. Put your phone down and talk to the people in your life. Your friends, your family, the stranger next to you in line. Look your cashier in the eye when she says hello and respond. It will enrich your life.
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