It's a time of the year where tourists visit, or people go on holiday. It's a time when I also want to go away, just for the sheer escape of breathing new air, be anonymous and get some distance to be able to reflect on my life choices. So it was with teary eyes that I watched this TED talk by Mr Pico Iyer.
It really rung true to my current situation, and made me realize that:
1-I am not that special (aww too bad)
2-I am not alone and what I feel may be normal (what a relief!)
Sometimes I need a bit of reassuring when lost, demotivated, frustrated and not sure of the vision of my future.
Which bring me to why technology is taking over my life...(because watching a video is cheaper than a therapist?)
Sci-fi novels with depiction of cyborgs or electronic enhanced humans or even just behaviours are no longer far off in the future. How many times did I get out of the house without my earphones on, listening to music or podcast? How many minutes can I survive without checking my emails, social media, or news on my smartphone? And if I don't do it, I look at everyone around me and they are all checking their smartphones or tablets, or being immersed in the musical world fed by their earphones...
It's not that I cannot see my current location with new eyes. It's mainly because I don't want to see the other people around me, knowing I see them everyday, and not interested in getting in contact with them. If applied to other relationships (at work, with the family), what other blindfold am I using? The question is disturbing and kind of brain shattering...Am I really deceiving myself so blindly?
Before my schizophrenic symptoms gets recognized, I will need to catch up to write my travel journal from last year, in time to escape again to that glorified past...
It really rung true to my current situation, and made me realize that:
1-I am not that special (aww too bad)
2-I am not alone and what I feel may be normal (what a relief!)
Sometimes I need a bit of reassuring when lost, demotivated, frustrated and not sure of the vision of my future.
Which bring me to why technology is taking over my life...(because watching a video is cheaper than a therapist?)
Sci-fi novels with depiction of cyborgs or electronic enhanced humans or even just behaviours are no longer far off in the future. How many times did I get out of the house without my earphones on, listening to music or podcast? How many minutes can I survive without checking my emails, social media, or news on my smartphone? And if I don't do it, I look at everyone around me and they are all checking their smartphones or tablets, or being immersed in the musical world fed by their earphones...
It's not that I cannot see my current location with new eyes. It's mainly because I don't want to see the other people around me, knowing I see them everyday, and not interested in getting in contact with them. If applied to other relationships (at work, with the family), what other blindfold am I using? The question is disturbing and kind of brain shattering...Am I really deceiving myself so blindly?
Before my schizophrenic symptoms gets recognized, I will need to catch up to write my travel journal from last year, in time to escape again to that glorified past...
