The Internet is a never ending pit of discovery. It is getting bigger and bigger by the day. SO many things to explore and so many talented people can now be discovered and praised, and maybe that makes me feel better about spending so much time on here. Yet I still feel like I waste WAY too much time on it. The Internet is like everything else in our lives. If we use it in moderation and for good than it can be a incredible thing, but using it in moderation is hard for me. I could spend hour on end reading articles, blogs, finding music, focusing on other people lives and comparing it to my own, watching TV shows, and the list goes on and on. I have only been alive for 19 years, but since my birth technology has changed in a huge way. I babysit a lot and most of the kids know how to get on the computer and find a website they like. We are talking 2 and 4 year olds. Crazy. I have a love/hate relationship with the Internet. If I spent the same time I spend on my computer, doing activities like serving my family and others, enjoying the outdoors, studying the scriptures, reading books, creating new REAL relationships. I think I would be a better person. I don't think it is realistic for any one to cut any habit out of their lives completely, like my parents who think they can cut sugar out of their lives. So I am just going to try and use the internet for good and in moderation. Have any advice on how to do this?
Now for a music video. I don't know how I feel about this song. I love the music video, the lyrics are okay.
Write on!
ReplyDeleteokay I LOOOOVE Son Of A Gun. When I saw the music video it was insta love.
ReplyDeletei LOVE this video and the song has started to grown on me. I can't remember why I stumbled upon this song, but the video is great.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about the whol internet thing... its sad really. I remember when I would spend hours and hours playing outside, playing make-beleive and building mud pies. Now the kids these days are sitting inside flinging birds into pigs on their parents ipads...sad.
It really is as hard as trying to eradicate sugar from a diet. I have really enjoyed taking breaks from technology where I don't use anything for one whole day. As far as trying to wean yourself off of it a little more...it really has to be something you want irrefutably or else it won't happen. Maybe you could make Internet use your reward for doing other things? Like if you read the scriptures for a certain amount of time, then you allow yourself some time on the Internet. Or maybe you could just set aside allotments of time each day for your favorite sites...like 10 minutes for email, 30 minutes fo facebook, an hour for blogging, or whatever. I dunno, just some ideas.
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