I feel like I am a media addict. I use my phone when I get bored to check internet sites and I always have to have some sort of background noise whether it be the TV on or music playing. I feel that I spend most of my time on-line doing school work and the rest catching up with people on Facebook. I am honestly getting ready to delete my Facebook because I feel like it is such a time suck. I can't even imagine how much more productive I would be if I didn't have a Facebook. So, I will have to occupy my time with other things. I love spending time playing with my daughter who is 17 months old. She is such a handful though so it is almost impossible to spend all that much time on Facebook and other internet sites but I will always have music playing in the background. I probably am one of those people that thinks I spend a lot of time on a site that I don't spend nearly as much. I guess I feel like I am not in denial and would like to spend less time on it. I also scored a 38 on the media junkie test. I really don't feel that this is horrible. I would have to say I almost spend all day except when I am asleep doing things that are media related. I listen to music in the background or TV all day which is probably 16 hours a day which this would be my recreation. I probably spend about two on a social media site. And the rest is more than likely working on school work on line or paying bills or watching the news. This time probably totals 5 hours a day. I feel that I am not really wasting time by listening to music or having the TV on because chances are I am not watching it. But I do feel that I spend more time than I should on social media sites. It is mostly when I get bored though. Although, I do have to say that I neglect chores for media.
I also have to say that the article was extremely sad. I hope that the parents are charged for their crime because I couldn't even imagine. How do you even leave your baby alone? I couldn't get so caught up in media that I forget my child exists.
I feel like an addict, too, and yet I know that I put down technology a lot. I think my issue is that I feel so dependent on it in so many different aspects of my life. But that's the way of the world nowadays.
ReplyDeleteVery well put! Although I have a facebook I am never on it because I get many notifications to my phone. It will say someone wrote on my sorority page or commented on my photo and then I will check it. Other than that, I do not really use my facebook besides to look at pictures of my family. But, at the end of your post I saw what you wrote about the people being all caught up into media and it sparked my memory. I saw a Law and Order SVU episode and in a way it was the exact same thing with a few extra things thrown in. If you have time, I would watch it.
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