The barrage of information that accesses our brains daily, living in this fast-paced & action-filled world, is something that was once coveted. Now it is a skill, to cut through the noise. Those who see the issue are wise, but the ones who are successful in depleting its intake are brilliant. What used to be craved.. What may have once been a fantasy to our race’s most intelligent.. Is now a crutch of sorts. Only a hurdle to be ascended.
Now more than ever, an average twenty-something is likely checking their Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and text messages before making any further moves in any direction at all. And maybe email.. But what is really needed to return to the roots of human kind is to release from attachment to any of those things and make decisions based on desire and logic. Not FOMO on what someone else is doing. Not the “Top Five Mexican Joints in the Lower East Side.” And certainly not what the featured SnapChat stories of the day are suggesting. Only good, old-fashioned interest in hobbies, friends and current events, local or non-.
Now more than ever, an average twenty-something is likely checking their Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and text messages before making any further moves in any direction at all. And maybe email.. But what is really needed to return to the roots of human kind is to release from attachment to any of those things and make decisions based on desire and logic. Not FOMO on what someone else is doing. Not the “Top Five Mexican Joints in the Lower East Side.” And certainly not what the featured SnapChat stories of the day are suggesting. Only good, old-fashioned interest in hobbies, friends and current events, local or non-.
When did this shift occur? When did the wave of social pressure become more powerful than those waves we once watched in the ocean? Why is anyone even reading this blog? I am not sure, but my first suspect is the notion that we no longer have the power to do exactly what we want without affirmation from others. And the greater the affirmation, the greater the reason to do something tonight. …or tomorrow night if it takes too long to edit our next Instagram photograph. ..or if we wait for something better.
Is it not enough to live for oneself? Is it ridiculous to think that positive impulse is dead? The reach and ability to be informed has never been this impressive, but it doesn’t change that an individual’s good energy is not determined by anything we witness on a screen.
I’m guilty, as I’m running that hamster wheel each day. Trapped but periodically thinking of ways to escape. The maze gets prettier every day, but a 360 degree view will beat it at any time.
End rant.
- 7Ply Epic
Is it not enough to live for oneself? Is it ridiculous to think that positive impulse is dead? The reach and ability to be informed has never been this impressive, but it doesn’t change that an individual’s good energy is not determined by anything we witness on a screen.
I’m guilty, as I’m running that hamster wheel each day. Trapped but periodically thinking of ways to escape. The maze gets prettier every day, but a 360 degree view will beat it at any time.
End rant.
- 7Ply Epic
RSS Feed