When I was a kid, I spent much of my time reading. This was back in the 1960s when it was all nose-in-book. My father, who as both athletic and social, was constantly after me to go outside and play. It was what he regarded as both normal and necessary behavior for a boy. He was of a generation that regarded excessive reading as physically and psychologically harmful. Even morally harmful. All truly good lessons were learned outside, in the company of others.
I keep that in mind when I hear people argue that there's too much TV, too much Internet, too much social media, too much gaming. Fill in as you wish.
But if an individual thinks of themselves that they are spending too much time on ... work, computers, golf, whatever ... then that's their call. They can ask themselves why it feels like that. It could be something as straightforward as feeling like they have too much to do and too little time in which to do it. Since I'm mortal, I have always felt that. I don't care about more hours, give me more years, damn it.
It could also be that the enemy is not the one named. It could be we have simply taken on more than is reasonable or is good for us. It's worth noting that long before social media or the Internet or even before printed books, people felt busy and distracted.
I keep that in mind when I hear people argue that there's too much TV, too much Internet, too much social media, too much gaming. Fill in as you wish.
But if an individual thinks of themselves that they are spending too much time on ... work, computers, golf, whatever ... then that's their call. They can ask themselves why it feels like that. It could be something as straightforward as feeling like they have too much to do and too little time in which to do it. Since I'm mortal, I have always felt that. I don't care about more hours, give me more years, damn it.
It could also be that the enemy is not the one named. It could be we have simply taken on more than is reasonable or is good for us. It's worth noting that long before social media or the Internet or even before printed books, people felt busy and distracted.