Don't Let A Slip Get You Down...Learn From It
So I caved and I did check facebook this week. I played Car Town. I won't start making excuses about how it's hard because they even advertise in Cad and Driver now. Ultimately the game is a time waster. So instead of just feeling guilty, I asked myself why I felt bad. First, identify the reason.
-I went on facebook because I was waiting to get picked up, and it is a short activity.
Identify the need
-I went on facebook during this time because I was curious about what was going on
-I wanted to play car town
Identify why you feel guilty about this
-I didn't want to go on facebook again
-I could have done something else better
So what could you have done differently?
-I could have picked up the guitar and played a bit instead
Nice. Ultimately I feel guilty because I could have picked up the guitar, and I caved and went on facebook instead. There's more to it. When I go on facebook instead of play guitar, I am denying skills I have worked for 15 or 16 years to hone. I am also denying all the instruments I've spent a lot of money and time on. But I learned from it. Next time I have that brief period where I'm thinking, "well I have a few minutes, what should I do?" I'll remember...there are my guitars right in the next room that don't get used a lot; and they really should.
Pulling Out Your Phone More Than Your Wallet
I thought this was an anecdote worth sharing. I was at Subway today to pick up lunch. Every casual Friday I go pick up lunch at Subway. It's my treat for busting my ass all week (depends what week it is, some weeks I bust my ass hard, and some my ass is relatively comfortable). I don't really drink coffee, and I eat out occasionally, but not frequently, so I think I can excuse the Subway.
Basically what I saw with people in line, was that more people were holding their smart-phones than they had their wallets. Essentially, most individuals couldn't spend more than a few minutes without pulling out their phones; the woman in front of me constantly on her blackberry messenger.
Facebook, as well as smart-phones, are part of this idea that we can't stop being connected. Aside from the smart-phone being an adult pacifier, with its apps and games and whatnot, it is also another way to connect to social networking to make yourself available to people 24/7.
Whatever happened to just being alone with your thoughts for a few minutes? Are we scared of that? I wonder how many men whip out their phone on the can rather than take a paper or a good book to read to the washroom with them.
-Ryan
-Ryan
