I am
sure you will agree with me on the statement, “He is always on phone”. Either someone would have commented about you or
you might have commented about someone else. It's common nowadays to come across this statement. In my case, I was told directly that I am always
on phone.
Very
true, I rather we, let me take the liberty of including you to be my partner in
crime (Using phone always). If you are not eligible to be my partner, then this
piece of blog is not for you. You can carry on with your work, but don’t look
into the mobile now. Others, my partners, you can continue reading this. Yes this is
for you.
Mobile
has become a part of our body. Like our hands, legs. Why do we carry our mobile
everywhere? Is it so important? The reason we might quote is "we might get important
call". Every time? Is that true? Aren’t we deceiving ourselves? But why do we do
that? What are we fiddling with our mobile every time? We unlock and check if
we have received any messages once a while. May be hundreds of time in a day.
Even more than that. (300+ times in my case)
There may be many reasons why we use mobile often. It could be to chat, play games, check social media, read news, talk, etc.
The
base for this addiction towards mobile started long back with me through Orkut. Not sure how many of
you have actually heard of Orkut. A social media which was trending in 2005. Most of the
80’s kid will be knowing. Kids!!! I will call them kids since I am one among
them and yes we are still kids. Increasing the count in the scrapbook was an
achievement. There is no limit of the atrocities we had. We will be in the same
room in the hostel yet we communicate through scrapbook of Orkut. “Machi lets go to Mess
for dinner”. Reminds me of my hostel
days.
Then
came the facebook. Achievement is based on the number of likes you receive. Don't you agree, we choose the best possible photograph to get the most number of likes. We fail to look at others how they are in the picture. Tag friends so that his or her friend will also likes the photo and increase the number of likes. My friend from next room shouted “Machi give one like,
it will turn to 100”.
And
now its Instagram. Again likes and comments. Oh yes!!! The hashtags. More the
hashtags more the reach.
Whatsapp
has become one of the major source of communication. Both officially as well as
personal communication. It has made our life at ease, no doubt. But it has also taken most of our time. Aren't we spending most of our time checking WhatsApp message and replying immediately! And status which we keep and looking back at who has viewed our status is a trending addiction now.
Some
of us spend our time in Games either in mobile or in system. I am one
of those who was addicted to Counter Strike, AOE, Clash of Clans, etc. Later
somehow this addiction has changed. Recently I happened to play Ludo which easily took more than 3 hours for a game. Before I get addicted, I uninstalled. There
are hundreds of such games which kills our time.
Let’s
come back to the title, “Look at the larger screen”. It doesn’t mean avoiding only mobile but also Ipad or Laptop. Let's take time to look into the larger screen, “The world”. There are much more things in the world which you
cannot find in the smaller screen. The reality. What we look into the mobile
or internet is virtual. No doubt it helps us to gain knowledge easily but what’s the purpose
of gaining knowledge if we don’t use it. There are certain important things in
this world which doesn’t require knowledge. The hard truth is "Everyone expects it from
others but not everyone gives it back". Its not that you don’t have but we have
reasons. It’s the "Human Touch".
Looking
into the smaller screen makes us blind. We become insensitive to what’s
happening around. We fail to see what our closed ones need. It’s not always the materialistic
thing which fulfills the need of your loved ones but is your time. Our usual excuse is, sorry what can I do!!! I don’t have enough time. Really? Have you
ever noticed how much time are we spending on the little devices which kills
away our time? Try installing some app which can track your mobile usage time. You
will be surprised. Just give a try and track.
Spend those valuable time
with your near and dear ones. You can try new things, you don’t know to cook?
Still you can give a try. They will be surprised and happy when you cook. Give
a try. Not necessarily cooking, you can help your parents / spouse in the
household. Spend time with your kid, the most important thing. Kid doesn’t know
to express but it matters a lot. You can spend time for yourself. Do what you
always wanted to do but didn’t do because you didn’t have time. Read, Write,
Paint, Join a course, anything which you couldn’t.
All
these are not specific to our generation. It has equally affected the older
generation as well as the future generation. Kids imitate us. We happily
comment, “See how much talented the kid is”, she is able to unlock the mobile
and using it”. Are we doing good to the kids? How many of us were wearing Specs
at the age of 5? But now? Aren’t we the reason for their eye sight? How can the
kid be responsible for it. Let me repeat, “Kids imitate us”. So let’s be
careful looking into the smaller screen.
What next? Let's not miss what we were missing. Don’t miss it
anymore. Don’t blame the time. It’s all yours and you can decide how you want
to spend.
Just
because I am writing about it doesn’t mean I have changed. This
content is a proof that I haven’t changed completely. Even now I am writing in
the smaller screen but I didn’t fail to look into the larger screen. Sometimes
you need to look both the screens. Being my Crime partner you are also looking
into the smaller screen. Yes you are and I made you to look into it. Now you
can go ahead looking into the beauty of the larger screen. Much more than what you
have thought of!!!
Worth
looking into it!!
Happy
Reading!!!
