I don’t know if this happened to you, too, but I feel since all of us are so glued to our smart devices, we have somewhat lost the connection to our friends and family. By closing the connection I do not mean that we can’t talk or meet them anymore; I mean that the kind of connection that was there earlier is not so thick now.
It has been observed and even is being researched right now that we have a shorter attention span and we can not hold to anything or person for very long which is coming out of the social media culture that we are living in. A culture where everything changes in a blink of a second. It becomes a very difficult place for a lot of people to live in because you can never really distinguish between true and false, as life on these platforms is just a projection and not a reality.
Lonely/ hard to connect with people
byu/IrishM95 inCasualIrelandI have a lot of friends who have felt or seen this happening in their lives, too, and yes, this makes us all mad to think about where we started and where we have come. So, all in all, what I felt in the last few years is that if how the world operates changes then we have to change with it.
In my context, it means that if the process of maintaining and keeping up connections is getting hard we need to find a better way. And for me, the way is a digital detox. I know that work days are hectic, and then catching up socially, and running chores, there is a lot to do. But in all this hustle and bustle, we lose touch with people.
To maintain that, I have found a way out. Every alternate Saturday right in the morning I switch off the notifications to all the apps on my phone, or in a more easy manner I just switch off my wifi and internet data. So, automatically, none of my apps work. These Saturdays are off at work so there is nothing important that I’m missing out there. In case of an emergency, people can still call or leave a text message.
After my digital detox I realized some stuff….
byu/NovelBrave indigitalminimalismI also plan a small meal or picnic, or any such activity with my friends or family; of which I inform them in advance. So that all of us can get together for a few hours away from our digital worlds and talk and connect. It has been going on for almost 2 years now and I have felt the change within my heart.
It feels like these two to four days keep me charged up for the rest of the month. I indulge myself in self-care activities, I think better and eventually perform better.
I went on a 3-month digital detox, living without a smartphone. Here’s what I learned and how it transformed my life!
byu/mmorpgarea inselfimprovementLast Updated on by Namrata
