People in the modern world have become too reliant on information technology

There is no doubt that we are surrounded by information technology at every corner. Nowadays, we live in a modern world operating at a faster pace. This might be beneficial to some extent but there are cases when we become too reliant on technological sources of information.

In our great-grandparents’ time, technology was not developed as young people experience it now. While the Internet provides us access to an efficient amount of information, most people could not find an answer to their question within seconds in the past. For instance, they had to spend more time and energy on research by visiting the library. The school facilities were limited as well, having fewer opportunities for further education and interactive learning.

What is more, our expeditious generation has brought social media into existence. With the help of globalisation, we live in a world where we are connected with people all across the globe. People naturally look for further expression as well, possibly becoming attached to online conversations and nonreal attention. This, combined with the pressure of the modern world, can actually lead to a decrease in one’s internal happiness.

In view of the above arguments, I believe every individual should avoid information technology when it is not necessarily needed and support developing their own thinking patterns. Information technology is a marvel, but it has not the same value as physical interaction.

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NOVÉ ZAČIATKY / NEW BEGINNINGS

Stalo sa vám, že ste jedného dňa mali pred sebou dlhú cestu autom alebo autobusom a počas nej ste sa zamýšľali nad rôznymi vecami? Napríklad, ako máte pocit že sa vo vašom živote nič nedeje a že vlastne v ňom nič také ani nerobíte? To sa mi stalo pred dvomi dňami v období skorého rána počas môjho dlhého cestovania z jednej strany Slovenska na druhú. Bola som preč tri týždne od domova, konkrétne v kúpeľoch čo je priam príjemná destinácia, no úprimne sa neviem dočkať, kedy sa vrátim naspäť. Hoci som každý deň vstávala o siedmej čo by pre mňa ani nebolo divné (no nejakým ľuďom to cez prázdniny príde naozaj absurdné), ale počas tohto obdobia som fakt nemala energiu vstávať, čiže som sa váľala v posteli dokým sestrička alebo vychovávateľka nezakričala: "Ideme na raňajkyyy!"  Have you ever had a long car or bus journey before you and thought about different things? For example, how you have a feeling that nothing is happening in your life and that you basically aren't doing anything special in it? Exactly this happened to me two days ago in the morning during my journey from one side of Slovakia to the other. I was three weeks away from my home, specifically at the spa with my precious asthma and I honestly can't wait when I'll go back there. Though I had to wake up at seven every day what wouldn't even be weird for me (but it's really unacceptable for some people during the holidays), but during this period of time I was out of energy and couldn't wake up, so I was laying in my bed until a nurse or an educator screamed: ,,We're going to have breakfaaast!"

Vráťme sa ale k začiatočnej myšlienke. Počas tmavej noci, kedy som sedela v autobuse, som sa zamýšľala nad tým, ako to bude keď sa vrátim naspäť do každodenného zanedprázdneného života. Úprimne som bola z tejto udalosti trochu smutná, niekedy ma neláka sa vrátiť naspäť domov. Vždy mi príde, že sa deje viac problémov keď som doma. Vtedy som začala rozmýšľať, prečo som skončila s koníčkami? Začalo to tak, že sa objavili nežiadúce zdravotné problémy, a tak spev, tanec, ani pravidelnú školskú dochádzku som nezvládala tak ako by som chcela. Avšak od tohto bodu je už nejaký čas a moja imunita je na tom jednoznačne lepšie, tak prečo som sa nevrátila k niečomu? Lenivosť.

But we should go back to the point of this article. During the dark night, when I was sitting in my bus, I was thinking about my comeback to every day normal life. I was kinda sad because of this event, I'm sometimes not so much excited to come back home. I always feel like, that not much happens when I'm at home, there are only embarrassing situations and problems. In that moment I started to think, why did I end it with my hobbies? I was ill a lot in that period of time and I couldn't pull off dancing, singing and other + school. But my immunity has improved a long time ago so why haven't I started doing something again? In fact I throwed blogging away too, because of what? Laziness.

Preto tu dnes sedím, trošku prechladnutá z cesty a rozhodla sa vrátiť k písaniu - blogové články o vyventilovaní mojej hlavy je ten najjednoduchší krok. Ak si tiež myslíte, že nič špeciálne nerobíte, tak prestaňte si to hovoriť a začnite niečo robiť. Začnite sa venovať veciam, ktoré vás bavia. Nikdy to nepríde samé od seba. Je jasné, že ak chcete niečo dosiahnuť, tak sa tomu musíte venovať. Baví ma toľko vecí ale príde mi, že sa nikdy ničomu naplno a s nejakým poriadnym cieľom nevenujem, a to chcem zmeniť. Predsa som typ osoby, čo nedokáže robiť nič až priveľmi dlho.

That's why I'm sitting here today, with a little cold from my journey and I decided to try it again with a blog - with something, that I love from my childhood. If you think, that you aren't doing anything, then stop telling it to yourself and start doing something. Dedicate to things, that you love to do. Nothing will come itself. It's obvious, that when you want to reach something, you have to work on it. Damnn, how motivational I am, what happened to me. I love to do so many things but I feel like I never do something properly and with a big goal. And after all, I'm that type of person that can't do anything for a too long time, thank you my lovely childhood. I hope, that I'll stay on this blog for a long time and that I won't be too boring what I'll probably be. But I'm a blogger in my heart for a few years and I believe, that desire of having a blog will always come back to me.

Snáď nie som jediná, ktorá takýto pocit práva zažíva, ale myslím si, že sme sa všetci aspoň raz ocitli v takej situácií. V mojom prípade sa to stalo už veľakrát a asi to je len niečo, čo ma má smerovať spraviť ten prvý krok. A čo vy? Budem veľmi rada ak zanecháte komentár čo i len s jedinou myšlienkou, ktorá vám napadla čítaním mojich slov.

Hopefully I'm not the only one, that had this feeling and I think, that we all were in this situation at least once. It actually happened to me a lot of times. but somehow I couldn't kick myself to change it. And what about you? Don't forget to leave a comment and I would be glad, if you left a suggestion, what should I change, add and so on. Every critism is usefull, so I can only make it better here. :)

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