I know that may sound like a cliché, but hear me out.
In my experience, many people are taking so many things for granted. "appreciate small things" is usually a thing we tell depressed people to help them find meaning for their life, but I think that's more practical than that. A few things that happened in my life in the past year have made me come to the realization that nothing should be taken for granted and that what might be obvious and "normal" today might not be in the future. This is a principle that we can apply to basically every single aspect of life, from civil rights, to your personal daily routine, the your life or the one of a person you love, financial stability etc... I am sure that most people just don't seem to understand such a beauty and I think that only "surviving" also basically means throwing your life away
It is a very widespread phenomenon across most social groups to just doomscroll the brain out of themselves. And
I
mean, sometimes literally! This is not only harmful for the psychophisical wellbeing but also makes the user
unable to live by themselves. That is not entertainment anymore.
I want you to ask
yourself a question: when was the last time you've been alone with yourself? The last time you've had
lunch
without youtube, been on the bus scrolling tiktok with earbuds on, sitting on the toilet without playing Clash
Royale etc etc etc? Are you even able to recall it? Are you aware of all the small details you are losing? Are
you aware how this thing is impacting your ability to socialize and overall psychophisical wellbeing?
I still remember a few things of the world before we all started using smartphones even though I was still basically a toddler since, well, I'm zoomer. I got a theory. Many issues of today's society, from people panic attacks to just not having many friends in general, the gender wars, the "loneliness epidemic" etc may also be related to the fact that we have lost many of the occasions to do so thanks to the speed of technology (which removes the need of waiting) and the sheer amount of straight up distractions we got in our pockets every single day.
Ex: In the past there were many moments where waiting was needed (ex. the bank, post office, your local game shop for a big videogame release, on the bus etc) Many of those opportunities are nowadays either severely altered or completely nonexistent, this along the lack of third spaces and infrastructure built to force you into a car are severely impacting our ability to socialize at any level. Even places like the gym, which online is the most recommended place to socialize, are definitely NOT the ideal place to do that since everyone is focused on their training and sometimes are even tight in time.
I am afraid that, in the future, the ability to focus and be completely in control of their cognitive capital will be something exclusive to a very small minority of people
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