✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯
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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist." (Oscar Wilde)
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist." (Oscar Wilde)
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2016 went by so fast. We might say it every year but it’s
still accurate. With the digital world life is speeding up and we receive so
many information that we barely know how to handle with all of that. We know
what happened on the other side of the world, we know almost „everything”, even
those informations we didn’t want to know about. Everything and everybody is
online.
Our parents and grandparents were growing up in an environment where
newspaper, radio and later TV were the only source of news. They didn’t know
much about what other people were doing, especially not in different countries.
They had a real childhood, an offline life. They spent most of their times
outside, they enjoyed the fresh air. For today’s young generations it is
unimaginable even just to think about a day, a week without internet. We keep
contact with others, we read, we share, we are just online. Most of as always.
Years back it was said that you shouldn’t watch TV so long
and so close because it is bad for your eyes. But today we stare at the screen
of our laptop, phone, iPad and co. for long hours. Just imagine if you are
working in an office with a computer then there are already 8 hours in front of
the screen, just at work. And what do you do during your breaks? You go online
of course, to check your phone. Your eyes can’t get any rest.
But what are the things you think back most likely? What are
your special memories? I bet not your online moments. It is probably the time
you spent with your family, friends or other loved ones. It might be a dinner
with your boy-/girlfriend, a conversation turning into laugh with your family,
a walk in the rain, a funny play with your dog. You might remember the way
somebody looked at you or a sentence somebody told you long ago. All these are
moments from the offline life we should live more often.
I’d like to ask you
the simple question now. When was the last time you did something at the first
time? New online things don’t count by this. Making a new layout for a blog, writing
a new blogpost, registering at a new site or things like that are no answers.
Concentrate on your offline life and if you can’t find anything in the last few
days, weeks, maybe you should change. 2017 is full of opportunities.
Seize the day.
I would like to ask you to comment with
one of your most memorable moments. Happy, funny, sad, every kind of story is
welcomed.
I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful year with health,
joy, happiness and success. Happy 2017!
Lots of love,
E
