Social media and Life..

    Nowadays I often receive notifications from my social media accounts like, ‘Did you see what X commented on Y’s profile picture’? Or ‘Have you seen latest check-in by your friend Z’? Similarly the e-shopping apps send ‘See how much one of your contacts saved on that deal!’ kind of alerts every now and then. Seeing all this I wonder, isn’t it all just a more refined e-version of our neighborhood aunties who are always busy in gossiping about what someone said or what someone did?

                        
                                    

      Jokes apart, actually the social media has impacted our lives beyond our imaginations. Gone are the days when people used to go on a trip for enjoyment, purchase something to fulfill a purpose or say, read a book to enhance their knowledge pool. Now each and every of these things and a lot of many other things are done only, so that people can brag about themselves on social media. Fame of a person is measured on the basis of how many likes and comments are earned by him/her.

    

      In our advents of making our lives a social affair, we forget some basic things like; we have a real life too! Remember the last time when you didn't open your social media accounts for more than a few hours? I also confess that my fingers automatically go to the links of these accounts periodically and I browse and come across everything that’s none of my business. Realizing this all, I miss the times when instead of having 756 Facebook friends, I had just 2-3 friends whom I knew inside out and kept in touch with always. I miss the times when we used to travel and gather experiences rather than gathering selfies.

 

       So what is the way out, you ask? I remember once I forgot my cell phone while going for work. That whole day I experienced strange kind of peace within me, also on a trip to a difficult terrain I remained cellular-networks-less for more than a week. Undoubtedly it was the time when I re-connected to myself, I felt like I found a long lost friend—Me. So it’s as simple as this, ditch the virtual world every once in awhile and immerse in experiences that life provides you with. ‘Don’t make life a monochromatic experience rather witness all hues and shades of it’, suggested a wise man recently!