Tech my Advice

I found this article about technology ruining relationships. This is actually something I think about a lot these days. First email replaced snail mail and cell phones replaced home phones. As a result, postage goes up, and people are instantly accessible. I tried not to get a cell phone for a long time, waiting until I graduated from college. Now, 5 years later, I would be lost without it, like many people, and almost get panicked if I forget it at home. What if my car breaks down, or I get lost?! It's so hard to remember those days when I would just pull over into a gas station and ask for directions, or find a pay phone, put in a quarter and actually remember, off the top of my head, the number of the person I needed to reach.

Anyways, I know I usually blog about things that I do, and I will be blogging about my last weekend pretty soon when I find some spare time, but I also thought this was something worth thinking about. I feel technology has just allowed us to become more impersonal with one another. Interaction with people is more often taken for granted. People definitely use text messages and email for serious conversations that should actually be done face to face. Written text can only convey so much emotion, and with that, it can be so easily misconstrued and misunderstood.

I still like to send snail mail. If there's something important I want to talk about, I'll set aside some time to meet with the person face to face if it's at all possible. Sure it's not as convenient, and technology has it's place in my heart, yet I hope I never stop reaching out and truly connecting with people, not just my newest techie gadget.