THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PRESENT

It doesn't matter how many times you have tried to delete your account on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, because eventually you will restore it. The convenience is undeniable. Just accept it: we are the digital generation. 

Imagine the situation: you are sitting in a room with a bunch of friends. The only eye contact people have in the room is with shiny displays of their devices. And, instead of talking, all you do is waiting for a message or ,worse, a "like" to occur on screen. Sounds familiar? At least once or twice you have been a witness of this meet&greet of robots. If not, consider yourself lucky. 

When? When did we transition from heart-warming "The Breakfast Club" to cynical " The Digital Club"?

And, you know, a problem never comes up alone. Like in a good resume, there's always an attachment. As a result of no real connection we get detached from the present. Now people can be separated in 3 categories: people who post information, people who obsessively check it and a small group of conscious people who don't give a damn about both. 

(but having 12 followers doesn't make you Jesus either)

I saw a quote not a long ago. (Instagram: like everyone cares what you eat and where you go). And the sad thing is that someone really does. There wouldn't be "likes" under your photos/posts if no one cared. There wouldn't be followers either. "Likes" and "followers" are associated with approval. 

The most convenient and inconvenient aspect is the next-level access to the information via the social media. Our friends' updates helps us to be up-to-date with their life, but from time to time it is close to interfering their privacy. 

I always was a TALKER but not a STALKER. Now it feels vice versa. Sometimes without a single doubt I can track down where are my friends. (Seriously. who needs FBI when there's foursquare?). 

Why do we care more about showing what is happening around us rather than living in the moment? and why do we care so much what is happening in other people's life? Just try to take in how much time we spend regretting about the past and hoping for the future. And how much time there is really left for present? 

PS: You Only Live Once

Thanks to google.com for pictures

"The Breakfast Club" - is a 1985 American coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Hughes. The storyline follows five teenagers (each a member of a different high school clique) as they spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all deeper than their respective stereotypes. (via Wikipedia)