Peak Distraction:

2018 is here and time is going by so fast that we don’t even realize
what happened when and why. It was December and I was saying to myself,
wow 2017 is over. We are so busy with our daily routine and things
around us that what is going on and what is our priority sometimes
speeds away from us, why because all of us are running in a marathon
where there is no end, most of the people are in this marathon even
without goal.

What are we doing, why are we getting deprived of mental peace and have
no satisfaction of what we do. I have an answer for this, the only
reason we are losing our mental peace is because of unnecessary
DISTRACTION. And this distraction is not only taking our mental peace
away but with it we are losing our friends and running our
relationships, I should say “we are failing ourselves”.

So, what is this distraction which is acting as enemy of our life, which
is taking our peace and not letting us enjoy and relax. This uninvited
entity has taken so much space in our lives that we don’t think of
anything else except using and being with it. The main areas where we
have lost interest because of this uninvited friend is:

– We eat but, we don’t eat as we have full concentration on this
friend

– We are with friends, physically but mentally we are not with them as
our mind has been occupied by this unknown friend

– We are watching movie or TV; however, we don’t know what we are
watching as we are watching stuff what our uninvited friend is
sharing

– We are with our loved ones who care for us and love us, but alas,
this friend who has taken toll on mind and life is taking us away
from them and making us loose them

– Most of hours in our daily life goes with this bugger, this Mr.
Distraction

Who is this, what is this distraction have you figured out by now, about
whom I am talking. Yes, you are right it is none else than our Mr.
Smartphone, our Peak Distraction.

Smartphone has become the most dangerous distraction of our lives, it is
spreading as disease which is worse than any other medical disease. In
India itself, people are with their smartphones 04Hrs a day, this is
latest figure. We have just shunted our real life and real people and
immersed ourselves in virtual world and people. We have started being
with virtual world more than, reality around us, people being around or
with us. This distraction has made us most disrespectful creatures. We
don’t care what the other person sitting next to me or with me is saying
as I am stuck into smartphone and the virtual world it has created for
me. We are not realizing the dangerous drawbacks this distraction is
resulting IN. Majorly, health issues like, eye sight going weak,
headaches, backaches, losing interest in physical activities, mood
swings, nausea etc.

We now need Digital Detox, rather than Body Detox. We need to get rid of
this distraction and utilize our time in physical activities, being with
our friends, loved ones and spending time with them.

Most of the relationships which are failing is because of Smartphones,
this is creating sense of distrust in your partner, your partner is not
having trust in you now because he/she feels that you are with someone
else on phone and vice-versa. We have lost sense of Respect, we don’t
care about other person who has come to meet us or is on table with us
as we are busy with our phone and that person loses respect for you and
vice-versa, if you have that sense of respect in you.

We need to stop this, what are we teaching to our future generations
that cut off from the real world and get busy with virtual world. Don’t
make real friends but spend time with virtual friends. We are doing so
much harm to our children, by making them use Smartphones to play games
etc., rather than letting them go in playground or to play with their
friends. Now, don’t give me crappy excuse that we don’t have
playgrounds. We, are generation of excuses, you ask it and I have it.

Technology is good, it is for our good and future, but don’t misuse it.
Use Smartphones but don’t get addicted to it. As we all know Access Use
for Everything or Anything is Bad. We need to use it wisely and smartly.

So, let’s make a pledge in 2018, that we will use our Smartphones in
controlled manner, we will care about our relationships and friends and
families and respect them. Let’s keep this Distraction aside when we are
with family and friends, let’s use it when required not always. Give
time to yourself, you need detox of mind and body to be fresh and to
make your tomorrow better and brighter.