Deactivate
So those of you reading this won't find the link on facebook. Too often Social Media in my belief is getting in the way of true relationships, thoughts and feelings. This is my outline of my experience. I love facebook, love sharing photos, motivational quotes, my experiences, my life, with my friends and family. Also my extended friends and family. I have formed many great friendships from having that daily contact with people.
Then it began in my mind, to become toxic. My beloved said to me this morning, they should ban those things...meaning iPhones. He is of the generation when a phone was a phone. You rang people when you needed them. Lets reflect on that.
I bought my first mobile phone in 1994. Brick of a thing. It was not something I played with while I drove, it didn't tell me the current temperature, my bank balance, what colour I should wear, and if I wanted a recipe or to order a pizza, it was definitely not via the Brick Phone. I can't even remember if it was trendy to have a phone. It was something I used to tell my parents where I was, or more likely something to protect me in case my car broke down when driving long distances.
Then slowly it evolved, as more and more new phones were released, eventually we arrive at the iphone. In my opinion the iphone nearly replaced my laptop. My constant side kick, I have probably held it more then my own kids hands in the last 12 months. Constant interruptions from games, facebook, increasingly dragging my attention away from that what was in front of me.
So I decided this morning, when instead of giving my hubby a kiss goodmorning, I reached for the beloved iPhone and read the insights of facebook, I felt a real slap in the head.... and said to myself What the f*** are you doing? Remember when you lived on your own, and had only yourself for company...... you hated it. All you wanted was love, companionship, and importantly to be loved and to love. Now your in love with an iPhone.
So I took myself for a walk along the broadwater.... and held my beloved in my hand. (My iPhone)
I did my breathing exercises, and decided now was the time. Deactivate the facebook and the distractions. Clear the head, life will go on without your every input on peoples lives. If my nearest and dearest want me.... they know A. Where I live? B. My phone number?
AS I return to life in the present, without the phone. I believe this is the first step to freedom.
We can not deny technology, but we can not allow it to overtake our life.
