I really need to stop wasting time
on the internet. I just end up reading plots of horror films on Wikipedia and
having them scare me so much that I have a hard time falling asleep at night.
Then I just lose sleep and I’m tired and tense the next day.
Then I
thought to myself, Why DO I waste so much
time on the internet? Because I’m lonely, that’s why. I used to do the same
thing when I was in college and I lost so much sleep that way. It also
never made me feel any better. It just made me feel lonelier and emptier and
even more alienated than before. I know that I’ve been feeling acute loneliness
since last Thursday, but escaping into the internet is no escape at all. It’s
just a distraction, a distraction from feeling empty and directionless, of
feeling alienation and…anomie. Definitely anomie.
So what now? If I don’t have companionship
and I shouldn’t be on the internet so much, then what should I do?
Well, the
first thing to do is to stop wasting time. Life is too short and too precious
to be spent mindlessly wandering the web. It’s time to dive back into the real
world and immerse myself in what really matters—education, relationships,
broadening my horizons, and improving my health and well-being. Starting today,
I resolve to do all that, beginning…NOW.
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