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Originally Posted by TheLegacy
I am 44 - growing up no one seemed to depressed or fearful that their life didn't have meaning. In fact- all was well and believe it or not, there was a time that we didn't have cell phones and never thought that walking / driving home there was something so important that we must pull over to the side of the road and use a pay phone to chat. I think your over-reacting a bit - but take it from someone who survived the dark ages without all this technology - it can be done, and it really didn't ruin my fun or ability to meet girls or learn.
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I'm 39 will be 40 this year, and I agree with what you say.
I was watching 20/20 the other day and the fact is we actually have more time than we did years ago for leisure activity. but the problem is we fill up that time with constant bullshit *like surfing the net, watching tv, etc* which leads us to believe we have no time.
One guy who claimed he had no time to do things he wanted to do stated he only watched 2-3 hours of tv a week. But when pushed to keep a diary it ended up being more than 2-3 hours a night.
I look at my nieces 19 and 13 who live with me. And the things that they think are important I can't help but laugh at.
They tell me they NEED to get online because they have to check their email. My oldest niece might as well have her cell phone surgically attached to her ear, she can't miss that one call or text message from a friend that has such important questions or information like.."what are you doing now? I'm at the mall."
I use my cell phone sparingly. In fact 90% of the time the battery is dead because I haven't used it in so long it's sitting on my desk not charging. I just don't pay attention to it.
I only worry about it when I go out and like to have it in case of an emergency.