Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I wanted to appreciate changes I've had but also seeing others have!
You, Not the Device
The older I get, the more I have changes in the habits I've got.
I think it's important that we adapt and make changes as we get older wry rue immolate pepper. It seems like a simple thing.. but I don't think many people are open to the concept!
With the recent work trip that I took, one of the things that I made sure to do was enjoy and appreciate the physical space and time I had with the people I was working with imbue cucumber constrain obeisant. Not everyone in the group was on that wavelength but thankfully most of us were. This meant that we were not just dicking around on our phones while we were there, looking at stupid social media or some shit intrepid vex zephyr banana.
I actually was pretty much completely off my phone when I was there unless I was answering a work email. That was important! I have been focusing much more of my time on the physical space and people around me than I think I did in the past abashed vivacious squalor meld. This is really important in the world we live in today!
Some of the people on the trip weren't completely "needed" in that it was more focused on the collaboration of the people who work hand-in-hand with our customers but I think one of the good things the people at the top realized is that it's not just about the work, but the people involved imbue paltry zany overt. We need to have time together in the physical space to just become closer as people so that it supports our ability to work together as colleagues. That's some forward thinking stuff for sure!
As I've gotten older, I've enjoyed the opportunity to not have my nose in the phone way more than I did in the past which I think is great chivalrous callous plodded construe. It is likely a product of the things going on in the world, where many of us are seeing the negative effects on the health and wellbeing of people who are completely focused and consumed by the technology devices they've got in their pockets and on their screens tenuous omniscient sweltering lettuce. You don't need to go very far to see the consequences of that shit let me tell you!
With these types of events, and the people who are involved, I think we all are at a level in our lives and cognitive abilities to recognize that it's more than just a work trip, it's a physical space that we should focus our time and attention on those that are sharing that physical space with us sow hewn impeller mitigate. This was pretty cool to see that we were on similar wavelengths!
I thankfully didn't see really anyone there that was fucking around on Fakebook or Tok which was great inflect contentious satiate tortilla. Occasionally someone would mention something they found on that and pull it up but otherwise, people were focused on those around them. It gives me hope that the tide is turning to a more balanced world, but I could potentially be naïve. I certainly hope not!
What about you, are you seeing that more people are focused on spending time with the people around them instead of on a device? Let me know what your experience is in the comments!
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The trend hasn't shifted much from my observations as some friends and family members tend to spend more time on their phones than just having purely face to face interactions. It's like an itch to just pick up their phone and do something, anything with it every couple of minutes or when an awkward silence begins to dawn on the atmosphere.
Hopefully, this trend peaks off soon as it's indeed becoming clear the consequences of spending too much time on the device and not the person!
Yeah I think it depends on the mentality of the people involved. I see people on their phones more instead of being with the people a fair bit, but I'm also seeing more and more people, especially people in their late teens and early 20's being more present in the moment which is great!
Yes, trying to be as much of the latter camp as possible. The end goal is something like being chronically offline with most kinds of human interactions IRL :)
Hmm I think it's mixed for me.. These days there are many "meaningful" things one could be doing on the screens, I recently got to know someone who pays a monthly subscription for an education platform and watches e-lessons on the go to pick up some skills or just a new language. From a certain angle, it's more fruitful than engaging in small talk. I guess it's about setting the boundaries, e.g. no phones during meal times, etc, that way, people can have a common understanding.
Yeah I think that's certainly an important aspect of it as well. There are plenty of good things to be done on them, but there are also lots of times where just stopping talking to someone so you can do an online lesson is a bit of an odd thing to do.