Our peers have become little icons on the screen that you randomly click on to check up on them. And I bet the conversation barely lasts for 15 minutes. These shallow relationships are a social networking’s curse. Not only that, but over the 4 hours that we may consume of your day on social networks, most of them are wasted on just scrolling up and down. This is because we do not have any sense of responsibility over our time. Look at how you spent your day yesterday.. Facebook, Twitter, back to Facebook, replying to that WhatsApp message, a movie here, one video there.. How do we even consider this a life worth looking back at? This meaningless life often causes depression, why wouldn’t it? We literally are living for the nothingness that these social networks offer.
Keep in mind that social networks are supposed to be used during your leisure time, and not the other way around. So you must have a second life, outside social networks. Plan your day, and occupy yourself with something useful that’ll actually keep you away from tossing your time around. And do not use the “I’m still in summer vacation” excuse, there is a lot to be accomplished even in your vacation if you really want to come out of it with something.
Build a social life outside your computer, go meet friends instead of chat with them because actual face-to-face conversations deepen relationships. And if all these fail, go volunteer yourself and make someone happy, because making people happy actually comes back and make you the happiest. Share your good vibes with others, instead of texting your best friend a good morning, call them and plan to have breakfast together.
You see, all these will make your life worth living for. You’ll look forward to planning your day, and accomplishing what you planned. You’ll love seeing a smile on people’s faces and knowing you’re the reason they’re smiling. You’ll build character through meeting people, and you’ll know how to instantly deal with them. Unlike those who spend most time in front of a screen, and you’ll know when you meet them, they do not have the required self-esteem to share in a real-life conversation.
If you’re already doing this, then congrats, you’re actually living for something. 🙂
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