Yesterday I suddenly decided to not be connected to the
wi-fi all the time when I am working at home and it was really a quiet and nice
experience. The messages on whatsapp were not popping all the time and the
mails landing in the inbox, be it important or not were not bothering me at
all. I felt like going back to the early 90’s where the phone was used just to
call and message each other and smartphones were not known.
How much we really lose out by constantly being at different
screens at different times in a day. Be it laptop, mobile screen, TV, ipad,
ipod, Kindle etc. Today it feels
incomplete if we are not staring at some screen or the other. We think we can’t
do anything if these screens do not function or are not available at some
point. Who observes nature nowadays? Who sits by the window sill observing
nature and listening to Vividh Bharati? Or sits and paints something? Or writes
a poem or two by his/her own hand? All these options are available again in
some screen or the other. There are apps for every hobby nowadays. Be it
listening to music or painting or writing. Chatting is also hardly face to face
now. Everything happens on whatsapp and gchat and facetime. Evenings with chai
and pakoda and friends is a distant dream.
Screens affect our health adversely. The radiations of all
these gadgets affect the hormones in our body and then problems like hormonal
imbalance, disturbed sleep, and loss of appetite, loss of social contact which
then leads to depression, suicidal tendencies and what not. We should learn to
disconnect ourselves from these gadgets for some time and spend time with
ourselves. We should learn to unwind without the gadgets, read a book in print,
draw or paint something on canvas, listen to nice music, play some board games or
cards with kids or other members of the family, play keyboard or any musical
instrument of your choice.
Let’s get back to a healthy life – devoid of screens.
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