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Two Thousand Seven Hundred & One Day later, I am back writing. That’s Insane. Why I stopped writing, is itself a mystery. Was it Work? Restlessness? Was it shifting Cities? Or the fact that i got married (Happily that is for 6 years now) and had a kid of my own (who’s else) ?
I don’t think I know for sure. There were times when I was high or sombre, when was missed being back and simply browsed through the blog bragging about my writing skills, but I never mustered the courage to write again here. Make no mistake, I wrote for travel and experiences, I wrote speeches ( not the Mandela types, but for mere Motivation to colleagues) and small snippets, but haven’t really poured out emotions over the last 7 YEARS! In a sense, like Ross tells Rachel in Friends, “We were on a Break!”
So, what I am doing now writing? I feel lost. Like all of us at different stages of life, we feel restless or see a lack of direction. That’s the “Manifestation of Mind” I am talking about. So let me talk today about “Our Social Media Presence”
Let me simply ask a few Questions for all of us to Instrospect about ourselves.
- When was the last time We opened our Facebook profiles and checked out our Photos of last 5-10 Years?
- When was the last time you talked with your friends from school/ college without mentioning business?
- When was the last time you didn’t upload that new selfie/pout or self promotional picture on Instagram/ FB and simply let it be?
- When was the last time you stalked your competition ( business or otherwise) on their social media updates, or unliked or commented on their pictures?
- When was the last time you audited the time you spend on Smart phones/ Snapchat / FB / Instagram?
Whether I or you accept it or not, there are many uncomfortable questions there and we should get answers to them. There are many who may find these questions irrelevant ( if you do, I am sorry you are still a Gen X who needs to be more updated! 😉 ), but for those who find the points relevant, you shall have a fellow passenger in the boat- Thats me!
Remember in 2012, did you have abbreviations like FOMO, AFAIK, BRB, BTW, FTFY, HBD, IKR?, IDC, LMAO, ROFL? If you guess any 5 without using Google or any random new app (that may have just been developed as we speak), you’re a BOSS! Coming back to what i wanted to say, We need to Socially Detox! Not from friends and social engagements but from Social & Digital Media.
If you think I am right, suggest good ways to do it. If you think, I am a Dinosaur, well then you are 5 years younger to me and belong to a different generation – the IDC one.
So Chao for now! ( its not an abbreviation.. Pl dont search it on google)