Saturday morning, I awoke to a broken phone. This was the start of 86 hours of living without technology (sort of). The inability to make a call, a text or an email was frustrating, but there was one perk. No social media. Yes, I know, I'm the world's biggest hypocrite. The reality is it gave my mind a little break and it made realize that we're truly wasting this technology. We've become so accustomed to using it to garner personal attention, that we don't use it to promote important things at all. Imagine if instead of posting a woe is me post, we posted a woe is someone else. Someone with real problems.
What if we used our connections to assist. Maybe to raise money, donate time, transportation or food. It dawned on me that I have a friend who is completely detached from technology, who broke her foot. She is out of work for at least six weeks and is losing some pay. She also has a roommate she drove to work every day. So now her roommate is spending $25 a week in transportation. What if through social media we gathered a team. Multiple people chipping in whatever they could. A ride Wednesday morning, some dollar coins, some leftover sauce, some books or magazines, or any other things we take for granted.
I just think about all we use technology for and it seems that it's all become a tool fir selfishness, for power and for complaints. It's charity seeking, showing off and babble. Imagine if we used to to help. Maybe it's crazy, but when you have so much time, you realize how easy it is to help others, maybe even those we don't know. I know I've benefitted a little, from the kindness of a stranger, so why not make it a tool for good? Is it really important to tell the world where you went on vacation fifty times, when you could possibly post something that helps others.
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Maybe, but until then, I haven't slept, I had arroz con pollo for dinner and I don't feel so great. Woe!
What if we used our connections to assist. Maybe to raise money, donate time, transportation or food. It dawned on me that I have a friend who is completely detached from technology, who broke her foot. She is out of work for at least six weeks and is losing some pay. She also has a roommate she drove to work every day. So now her roommate is spending $25 a week in transportation. What if through social media we gathered a team. Multiple people chipping in whatever they could. A ride Wednesday morning, some dollar coins, some leftover sauce, some books or magazines, or any other things we take for granted.
I just think about all we use technology for and it seems that it's all become a tool fir selfishness, for power and for complaints. It's charity seeking, showing off and babble. Imagine if we used to to help. Maybe it's crazy, but when you have so much time, you realize how easy it is to help others, maybe even those we don't know. I know I've benefitted a little, from the kindness of a stranger, so why not make it a tool for good? Is it really important to tell the world where you went on vacation fifty times, when you could possibly post something that helps others.
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Maybe, but until then, I haven't slept, I had arroz con pollo for dinner and I don't feel so great. Woe!
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