The subject for today is what does it mean to always be connected and whether it is good or bad.

I touched on this subject a bit with yesterday’s post on technology and kids.  We live in a society that is obsessed with technology.  The average person wakes up and checks their phone before even getting out of bed.  The average person checks their phone every 5 minutes to see what someone posted or to see what people commented on their post or to check e-mails, etc.  The average person is constantly updating social media on a play by play of their daily activities.  This has become the routine of lives all around the world.

Before all this technology you had to connect to the internet and then check your e-mails.  There was no such thing as free Wi-Fi in every corner you turn.  You worked and came home and you didn’t have work e-mail connected to your phone.  You didn’t need to go online to see what someone was up to and you called them up to talk.  You didn’t self diagnose yourself when you got sick by going online for hours and going to bed thinking you were dying.  You didn’t go online to check one thing and next thing you know you spend 4 hours on pintetest or Facebook or instagram.  Always being connected has turned this society into workaholics, media obsessed, anti social, paranoid, etc.

We did just fine without all of this so I know we can survive without it.  Sure it has it’s conveniences but we need to learn to shut it off and not be connected ALL the time…