time to do what they need or want, being stressed out
from trying to keep up with all the demands on them, and
feeling whelmed and run down from their constantly
hectic schedule.
Part of this stress is from being tapped into too much,
connected to and reacting to everyone else's stuff.
Social media does not need to be on all the time; we
don't have to use it merely because it exists.
It has become a matter of the technology controlling us
rather than the opposite.
People used to have a better understanding of the need
to keep to yourself occasionally, appreciate some down
time, secure some time to be calm. Now every moment
of every day is filled with endless streaming information.
Information about strangers, events around the world,
hearing the opinion of every person living, and having
the most menial of instances broadcast as news.
It's too much to keep up with, and yet we're still trying to do so.
The days of playing board games, eating dinners together,
sitting down, slowly doing any task, and all the other normal
actions that people write off as corny and old-fashioned had
some very good points to them. Not all progress has to
eliminate what came before. Some things endured for a reason.
The creative mind needs quiet and space. People need time
alone to hear their own thoughts, their own voices. We all
need to write, unwind, and get in touch with self. We all need
time to recuperate from our day and prepare for the next . We
need one-on-one and face-time to build and keep relationships.
We need space and time to unwind and unplug from all
that hustle and bustle. And yet the idea that friends will think us
'out-of-the-loop'--or perhaps the fear that we might miss some
vital tidbit--keeps us tuning in, even as we weary.
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