Think about your childhood, life
was so carefree and everyday was an adventure. Besides the occasional test or
two at school everything was wonderful and the world was your playground. Life
was so incredibly simple yet a simple place such as a backyard could transform
to a whole new world. At one point in
time my backyard was the jungle and I trekked between the trees in search of
treasure buried in the deep forest. My front yard was a bicycle yard and my
siblings and I rode up and down the mountains which in realty was the slope of
my street as well as my neighbors’ driveways. The front yard also was a
baseball diamond allowing my siblings and I to hit home runs and play baseball
on the front yard. The pool was the greatest place to be and my siblings and I would
swim in the deep ocean being very careful to not awaken the great and mighty
shark who lived in the deep end of the pools abyss. Fast forward to where we
are now and instead of being driven by our imaginations and the world of make believe
we are driven by the fake world of social media. It is incredibly sad that
instead of children growing and learning through their senses like I did they
are glued to an Ipad or some sort of device electronic device.
While I love the fact that the
internet brings me quick information when it comes to schooling it has created
an environment where as I mentioned in another post we are only on it to show “how
great our lives are” when actuality people are struggling on a daily basis with
their own self-esteem and stress of life. It is a false reality which
constantly causes us to compare ourselves to others. This can cause a situation
where people are subconsciously competing with one another and the competing
can be deadly emotionally if we are not in that stage of life. Things which are meant to be enjoyed in the
moment are now done on a daily basis. While a simple food photo never hurt
anyone 20 years ago we didn’t take pictures of our food, we simple ate it. This
then begs the question why should we be sharing aspects our what we do in our
daily lives? Where has our sense of privacy gone? We live in a world were we
constantly want to be seen and want to feel important so perhaps this is why we
share aspects of our daily lives but at the end of the day while people may
like these posts they may not actually care. Maybe that is just my opinion
personally but after a hard day at work all I care about is my family and not
what one of my friends ate for lunch. I don’t mean for this post to offend
anyone and I apologize if it does but I am simple trying to prove the point
that it should not be overtaking and controlling our lives. We live in a society
which is addicted to social media.
