The Phone Crazed Generation

Today's generation is so obsessed with social media and their cell phones. I too am beyond guilty of it. Whenever someone has a free second in their day you can probably guess that they are sending / responding to a text or checking social media.

Today, I decided to turn my phone off for a little bit and just enjoy the company around me and just enjoy life without the pressure of having to answer a text or check social media. I must say, it was quite a relief. You really learn a lot about a person when you put down the phone, look them in the eye, and have a conversation where you are fully listening to what the other person has to say.

How many times have you been with a group of friends and instead of talking to each other you are all sitting there on your phones - texting other people? What is the point? If you wanted to be talking with the other people then perhaps you should have decided to hang out with them instead. How many times has someone been trying to have a conversation with someone and hardly have any of their attention because their eyes are glued to their phone, and then they finally look up and say "what did you say?" Isn't it so aggravating?

The generation that we live in knows nothing other than social media. It's how everyone stays 'in the know,' and while that is all fine and well there is a time and a place for everything. While with a group of people, on a date, etc that is not the time nor the place.

I used to be that person who was ALWAYS on their phone. No matter who I was with or what the situation. I would never put it down and while I still usually have it on me, I now know how aggravating it is to be trying to have a conversation with someone while they are paying no attention to you and instead texting someone else.

Many people use their phone as an escape mechanism. For instance, if they see someone they have no desire to talk to then instead of a simple 'hello' they look down at their phone and pretend they are busy.

Even little kids these days are obsessed with their iPod's, iPad's, etc. It's a shame because they don't get to experience life. How many people look back and remember "oh yeah, that was the day I played that really cool game on my iPad." No, they look back and remember the fun times in the park, and riding their bikes, and just enjoying the outdoors.

I sure do hope that by the time I have kid's society isn't still phone crazed. I hope it's back to the way things used to be when kids would play outside for fun and not sit inside playing a game on their iPod.

If everyone could just put down their phones for a little while and enjoy the company around them I think the world would see a world of difference in peoples interactions towards each other.