Dear people, I apologize for not posting for awhile. I've been meaning to, but...life gets in the way and I have higher priorities than blogging. (Or...DO I?) Which leads me to my topic of this post. I've been very contemplative lately and I've been thinking about lots of things, one of which is priorities. I recently saw an article titled "Technology Ruined My Life" and sometimes I feel this way as well, but is it really true? I don't think so.
As I mentioned, I've been very contemplative lately and I've been thinking about what my life was like before I got a computer. What ever did I used to do? How many precious hours of my life do I waste away on the computer and then at the end of the day wish I had done something else instead? I spend too much time on the computer, that's for sure. And I don't mean to sound hypocritical here because I am indeed spending time on the computer to write this very post. I don't mean to say that the computer is a bad thing, because it definitely is not. Computers are a blessing, but people have the ability to turn such a blessing into a curse. Even Facebook can be a blessing, but it can also be a curse. For myself, I've been struggling with the amount of time I spend on the computer. Lately I've been forcing myself to spend less time online and more time doing productive things in the real world which is partly why I haven't posted within the past few days. I used to read books like crazy, and lately I've felt so overwhelmed with life that I "don't have time to read books". But I've come to the conclusion that it's not a lack of time, but a lack of will. As I've cut back on the time I spend on the computer, which eats up so much of my day, I've found time to read more and I've been out doing more.
Aside from the computer, and how much time we may or may not spend on it, I think this applies to all of life. I know that I often find myself saying that I don't have time for one thing or another but it simply isn't true. If something is truly important in my life, then there is time for it. The amount of time in a day doesn't change, but our priorities do. You don't have to go to work in the morning. Nobody is forcing you to get out of bed, but it is important to you. Making money is a high priority in many people's lives and therefore, they make time for it. Nobody forces us to eat food, but we want to. We make time to do things that are important to us. Human will is a curious thing, and it's interesting to see what we chose to spend our time on.
Anyway, sorry if this post is a bit short. Just a bit of food for thought. - Ninjasinger
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