So this is part three of my ranting series. For those of you still with me, I congratulate you!
You know, I’m a fan of technology, I really am. The invention of the wheel? Genius! The advent of steam engines? Freakin outstanding! Computers? I’m your gal!!
What I’m not such a big fan of is technology gone lazy.
Fast food restaurants? Not so much. Microwaves? Oh, heavens no!
You see, there’s a difference between convenient and lazy. We are a society that’s become comfortable with laziness. We drive through a fast food joint instead of cooking a healthy meal. We buy fat pills to counteract the fast food instead of working our asses off (literally) with exercise. No matter what it is you want, chances are you can find it with a few pressed buttons. Food, entertainment, sex…it’s all at your fingertips with a minimal wait time. Is it usually a cheap substitute of what you want? Well, yeah, but we put up with it for convenience’s sake.
The more I’m learning about life, the more I’m coming to hate these “conveniences.”
Now, I’m guilty of it, too. There are things I could do the hard way that I choose not to do because it’s easier to do something else instead. I go to subway for lunch when I didn’t make my own. I pick a movie out on Netflix instead of trying to be creative on my own and develop some of the projects I’ve been working on. I even sit in front of my computer some Saturdays talking to people I don’t really know instead of cleaning my apartment (which should in no way suggest I tolerate a dirty apartment…I just feel lazy some Saturday mornings).
What child needs a cell phone? What adult for that matter? If you want to be “in touch” so badly with your friends that you need internet on your phone then why not stop by or call them? Seriously?
And then I see parents who are neglectful of their children’s needs for their own gain. Maybe some parents don’t have the time. Maybe some parents don’t make the time. Maybe some parents don’t know how to be good parents?
Day 51 - 314 Days to Go
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