This will be the final blog for my Social Media Class. I want to thank you for taking the time and reading it. I hope that it was able to bring some value or humor to you.
Currently the eastern U.S. is
getting pounded with higher than average snowstorms and could weather, while
the western U.S. is experiencing warmer weather. Due to the current warm weather
conditions and being blessed with sunshine and temperature in the 50s, I
decided to walk home today. It was a beautiful stroll. Campus is so much better
with out snow (you can tell that I am ready for summer). As I was enjoying my
walk, I started out thinking about my homework and the many other
responsibilities that need to be taken care of. As I continued to walk and I
ran out of worries to stress about and started enjoying the warm weather. I
also started thinking about all the many wonderful blessings that I have in my
life. I am truly blessed. Correction, we are truly blessed. During my time on
twitter for the social media class, I stumbled upon the hashtag of
#firstworldprobs or #1stworldprobs. It is a hashtag used to complain about how
the waiter messed up the food order or how the Wifi went out, etc. It’s truly
amazing what we take for granted. Our first world problems are a dream for the
many less fortunate people. How many times have we been frustrated by the Internet
or our smart phones are being slow. We live in an amazing time. We are seeing
technology advance faster than ever before at the same time many things are
being tossed to the wayside and being taken for granted. Here are only a few of
them.
Unplug
With cellphones being bigger,
faster, and stronger more and more people are unable to unplug and live in the
present versus living in the virtual. As I was walking after class, I noticed
the majority of students using their phones checking their text messages,
email, and social media. I was surprised how well they maneuvered around with
their heads down, fixed on their screens, meaning that they walk around like
that often. One person was nearly hit as he wandered out in the cross walk when
it was a green light. Another commonplace
where this occurs at often is at restaurants. Many couples will go to dinner
but be on their phones the entire time. Unplug and enjoy what is around you.
Verbal Conversation
It seems like being able to carry a
conversation is a dying art. Talking to someone in person or a simple phone
call is being replaced with hundreds of emails or text messages. We would much
rather place a barrier between us and the other person. I have even fallen to
this one on occasion. I am much more inclined to send an email to a coworker or
text a stranger than pick up the phone to talk. I am now making an honest
effort to remedy this. You should too.
Enjoy the moment
I thoroughly enjoyed my walk home
today. In the world today, everything is moving faster and faster. We become
impatient when we have to wait. We also always want the next big thing, or
can’t wait when we finally graduate, or when we get that promotion, or when we
have our own house, etc. My wife and I recently were talking about how we need to
enjoy the present more. My wife is awesome! She said, “if we enjoy what we have
now, we will look back years from now and remember how much fun we had when we
had very little and not remember how busy we were or what we didn’t have.” I
love my wife.
So, my advice to you is to unplug
more often, speak up and talk to people away from texting or email, and above
all enjoy the moment - after all years down the road when we are all grown up,
we will look back at our college days. I hope that we can remember how much we
enjoyed the moment versus how much we worried about the future.
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