Sunday, July 15, 2012

Wasting Our Time

I have noticed a phenomenon in my life. Time continues on, yet I accomplish literally nothing. I mean, I accomplish pinning things for my dream wedding and finding Twitter feeds that make me laugh, but in the end, ultimately nothing. I get on my computer to do an assignment, and the next thing I know, an hour has passed and all I have "accomplished" is beating my own high score in Bubble Popper. Then I just get frustrated at the wasted time and the homework that STILL isn't even remotely accomplished. The more I analyze digital technology and how I use it, the more questions I have. Is it my responsibility to ignore all outside forces and focus in on the dreadfully boring history assignment? Or is it my professors duty to spice up that assignment a bit so that I don't want to get distracted of fall asleep? Or play Bubble Popper, whatever comes first. Is there something "wrong" with me that allows me to sit in front of my computer and waste so much time? Is this just an American phenomenon? Or is it all over? Ultimately, it's probably just a matter of self control that I don't possess at the moment and need to work on. First my chocolate, now my screen time, sad world. Yet, there are more exciting things in the world to be doing than looking at Twitter posts that have no affect on my life.

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