Bad Habits

Before social media we use to write letters and visit each other’s house but today we lack those communication skills. Social media has taken over our lives and it's sad to say but we don't know how to communicate. It has become a new way to meet friends. There's so many websites out today such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Google, Youtube etc. that make us isolated. Facebook is currently the biggest social media network site in the world with over a million users logged on each day. You can search anything you can think of from baby names to science projects on Google. Youtube has become the next how to with all its videos on how to fix an Iphone screen or how to rip jeans. Yes we're still learning something new but it's still defeating the whole purpose of asking somebody. 

Are our digital lives more important than our individual lives: It's undeniable? We rely on our phones for practically everything! I couldn't go a day without my phone! IPhones have become our new best friends. Right after I get dressed I'll refresh my tweets to see who tweeted me or go on Instagram to see updated pics. When I sit by myself at lunch I never put down my phone. And When I come home I can't start my homework without checking my phone. Without my phone I wouldn't wake up on time for school, or know when the next episode of Glee starts.  We don't talk on the phone anymore we text. You’ll text a friend instead of talking to them when they're sitting right beside you. We're too busy looking down at our phones we won't know what’s going on in our surroundings. IPhones have a new app that lets you change your TV channel without a remote. There's no more fun in things with technology because it makes everything so much easier. Why go to the movies when you can travel and watch Netflix? Why go to the gym when you can have a 10 minute workout video within seconds? All these bad habits are becoming too common, in our society. It's blocking us out from outside the world.

 Schools now have tests and textbooks on computers and you don’t have to go out for job interviews anymore, you can just take them online.

And let's not forget about headphones, it's our new way of tuning things out. Sooner or later we're all going to go deaf; we blast those things so loud a person 3 feet away could hear. Our generation is the definition of lazy. It's scary but I wonder how many of us are even thinking about what this is doing to us? What will happen to our future generation? We'll probably have enough technology to do everything while in bed.