These past few weeks have been something else and because of that I've learned a lot. I spent three days with my family in a heavily wooded area, which was absolutely gorgeous, and had no cellphones reception or wi-fi. There was television and electricity though. To be honest I was absolutely not prepped for this. My friend Dave, whom I forgot to tell I was leaving, thought I had gotten in a fight, lost my phone, and ran away on an epic soul searching adventure for three days.
It did take a while to adjust to not being married to my phone and Internet but if I had stared at the screens I would have missed out on bonding with my surroundings. I fell more and more in love with my sister's adorable dog everyday, slept under the stars and was awakened by intense moonlight, heard crickets sing for the first time in forever, and saw a praying mantis up close and personal. There was truly something magical about feeling the sun on my face and the dirt in the ground that virtual reality can't perfectly replicate.
To be honest I was bored during the middle of the day and spent countless hours drawing while the kids watched TV at a volume that was higher than necessary. Other times I broke through my socially awkward barrier and had deep conversations with my lovely niece about evolution and how women are poorly represented in media. By the way she is eight.
One night while staring up at the stars I wondered how an entire population of people could live the way my sister did. How did they connect without cellphones? How did they keep up with the rest of the world without cable, internet, or quality phone service? The more I questioned these things the more I realized the impact technology had on my life and how it will shape the future generations.
The real question is will the internet addiction epidemic bring the human population closer or pull it apart? I'd like to believe humans will find a way to separate and become aware of said epidemic and appreciate what's left of the still beautiful earth but sadly I am just one, sort of, human and I can only inspire change. When multiple humans ban together to make change that makes change legitimately possible.
-Just Jane
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows" -Ralph Marston
One night while staring up at the stars I wondered how an entire population of people could live the way my sister did. How did they connect without cellphones? How did they keep up with the rest of the world without cable, internet, or quality phone service? The more I questioned these things the more I realized the impact technology had on my life and how it will shape the future generations.
The real question is will the internet addiction epidemic bring the human population closer or pull it apart? I'd like to believe humans will find a way to separate and become aware of said epidemic and appreciate what's left of the still beautiful earth but sadly I am just one, sort of, human and I can only inspire change. When multiple humans ban together to make change that makes change legitimately possible.
-Just Jane
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows" -Ralph Marston
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