An experiment

Inspired by the video “Look up", I have decided to experiment on making my smartphone a “dumbphone" and hence disconnect myself from the virtual world. The video was not my only inspiration for taking this step. It certainly helped me to make this decision faster. My other inspiration to disconnect myself from the so called online social world was the constant guilt I felt for not doing what I am supposed to do and wasting my time endlessly.

Since it's inception and rise to popularity, social networking sites have successfully wasted people's millions of hours- the time they could have utilized to do something productive.

Smartphones and tablets have insured we are never away from our loved ones. But is liking someone's photo really connecting them to you? Is this the best way to show someone that you care for them? Are you really a great dad if you can't keep your child entertained without an ipad? Have you not become one of those persons who write “Happy mother's day, mom #love#urthebest" yet never ever even hand over a glass of water to her?

Its the doors we shut to real bonding when we close the doors of our bedroom to chat endlessly to someone we don't even know. This trend has come to be known as “socialising". There has never been a misnomer greater than this.

I confess. I am a part of this incessant, never stopping apathetic machinery too. But I had an Epiphany. I have realised what it truly means to have a mortal existence. Our days are numbered, we have a finite existence. Don't waste it on some invention.

Hence begins my experiment. I have removed all games, deactivated from all the social networking apps from my phone. I have even forsaken the almighty internet though when I really need it for unavoidable works, I can still use it(like blogging).

Friends, I have shared my Epiphany with you. I urge you to think on the things I have so far written in this post. Disconnect. Make real bonds with real people. Live life the way it's supposed to be lived. Live life the real way.

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