Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Wasting Time



HELP: I'm a Socialmediaholic 


Remember  Pixar's movie WALL-E? Remember those fatties talking to their friends through video calls and following color trends on their social media? Well I am one of those... This week I read a General Conference talk about wasting time scrolling through useless news feeds, and how we will be hold accountable for that wasted time.

Since I do not want to burn in Dante's Inferno, I have decided to be more proactive this week. And maybe share my light with others, maybe even inspire them, unfortunately this would have to be done through social media so... I guess I won't be escaping my phone that much. However I'll be sharing my knowledge, therefore teaching someone, which equals to the term "Social Learning". Which in case you did not know means the things you have learned from social media, like for example those flawless makeup techniques you learned in a tutorial, or that killer no-bake cheesecake you pinned, etc etc. (you get my point?)

Now,lets think about thinking, just like the great philosophers of time like Socrates or Plato but with cool hipster eye glasses. The act of thinking about thinking is called meta-cognition. So, tell my my dear; what have you been thinking about? (imagine myself with a cup of tea, and cool British accent)

Have you ever seen a vine and thought; "hm.. I can think of a few ways to have done it better"? Well let me break the news for you, you are not the only one that has thought of it, as a matter of fact there are companies that have even done it better. One example Toyota, they are a Japanese company that make pretty reliable cars. Which is funny because the first ones to make cars where the Germans, right? The act of doing something someone did before but you making it much cooler, its not called copying, it is called: (drum roll, please) innovation. So when someone betters an invention, it is called innovation, just like phones, we haven't gotten rid of them, but they have been so much innovated that today the phone has so many more qualities, than just talking.

Please stop shutting yourself out in a virtual world, I know it is nice to not feel lonely but maybe feeling lonely is part of being human. Plus you can focus you attention to your surroundings, maybe what sounds do you hear? what colors do you see? what do you smell? make the effort to be present wherever you are. I will do so too.

Thanks for reading,

Linda

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