Digital Cleansing
In this day and age where, right
from waking up, to managing our calendars, to counting the steps we take, to
calculating our period cycles, we are so heavily dependent on technology. The “Cell
Phone” being our most dependable gadget, we are in some way or the other
attached or obsessed with it.
I am.
I had been contemplating changing
my phone for a couple of months now and I finally made the switch. As a result
of the process and getting a new device I discovered that we are not so
emotionally attached these days. In a way, I was pleasantly surprised, as I had
thought that it would be very difficult for me to leave my earlier device for a
new one. But, here I was. I made the switch in exactly 30 minutes.
As a matter of fact, it did bring
out a very positive effect on me – first I was more adaptable to change;
secondly, I had started getting used to a new set of tunes and tones. Thirdly,
I only had the important people and their contacts in my phone that actually
mattered (some were by default thereJ).
Last, but not the least, it made me more relaxed as I was not interacting with
a lot of people and having unnecessary polite conversations).
Is this similar to changing our
friends, boyfriends/ girlfriends, husbands / wives? Have we become stoical that
a major change in life doesn’t affect us or are we just emotionally too strong
to accept the absence of certain things or people in our lives?
Although it does give you a
reassurance that you are still adaptable to change and i might sound clichéd
but “change is the only constant".
This unplanned digital cleansing
was just right for my mind and soul.
Try it!
The focus was on "change" and our capacity to adapt to change as was the case with your mobile and people are even able to adapt major changes in life like a friend or even husband. But where has this "digital cleansing" come from and how is it connected to the topic you discussed? You may like to rename the title as "Change is the only Constant". This sounds like oxymoron but is so...true....😄
ReplyDeletePoint taken sir, will incorporate it into my next blog. Here I meant cleansing,not completely getting rid of ur gadgets but change them once in a while to get rid of the routine and allow space for the new. That's what we do in toxic relationships right ? Hope we meet at a midpoint on this 😀
DeleteDigital cleansing means throwing away your digital gadgets including cell phone...not changing and getting used to it....
ReplyDeleteSo true.... we feel that we will not be able to adapt changes and always refrain ourselves from making that change...
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