Am I an Addict?

Nobody likes being called an Addict. But we all are slowly and eventually going to become addicted to technology. As phones are becoming easier to use and more fun, the significance of the virtual world is increasing ten-folds. What used to be a utility has now become a need. My cousin sister came over last weekend and put on some lullaby-story telling app to put my nephew to sleep. She said,"He's so used to it now, that he doesn't sleep without watching it." I was astonished, what was one of my favorite memory, quality time with my parents at the end of the day. Snuggling and cuddling in my parents arms while enjoying a pleasant story was being replaced by some app!
As the age groups progress it gets worse. Sometimes even I'm constantly glancing over the phone to see if I have a message,a mail, or a notification. We're incessantly waiting for something to take place. Our minds need to relax. We need to realize the world isn't going to stop if you don't know whats happening in the other part of the world. We're simply withdrawing quality from the real if we're wasting so much of our time, energy and mental capacity over the virtual one. 

Yes, it's miraculous that we can connect to people in the remotest parts of the world, people have a voice that is stronger because of a robust platform like the social media, and yes there is no bad in sharing your ideas, views and talent over these channels of creativity. But yet again we shouldn't dive too deep into this virtual happiness that we forget how actual, existing, real happiness feels like.

I'm planning to set a time limit for when to use my phone. Life is getting crazy day by day. I hope to peek over this post ten years later and remind myself this: "Look around you, Talk to the people around you, Listen, Observe, Feel! There's way more going on in real than in that little rectangle screen of yours."