Greetings all,
I hope this post finds you well. Here we are, the last day of March 2025, signifying the end of the first quarter of the year…already. I don’t know abut you, but it continually feels like time is flying, which could be a good or bad thing, depending on your perspective.
Earlier last week, I came across an article which highly resonates with me on a number of points. Here’s an excerpt from said article entitled Digital Echoes and Unquiet Minds:
“…a growing interest in returning to single-focus devices and analog technologies. Record players and film cameras aren’t experiencing resurgence merely from nostalgia, but because they offer fundamentally different relationships with media relationships characterized by intention, presence, and focus.”
You can probably see the gist of what this article is about, but in this digital age of constant information being presented to us daily, via our mobile devices, I highly recommend you read the article in its entirety.
For anyone who saw the birth of the internet and born into its existence and development, life through and with our digital devices is normal, so normal that they have become an intricate and intimate part of our everyday. For people like me, who grew up in a time without them, remember living a life absent of them. Those memories continue to resonate within me daily as I continue to realize how dependent and habit forming they have become, not just in the realm of social media use, but via other technologies. Personally, it’s causing me to rethink many things and I find that to be good, overall. I’ve read books and articles similar to the above before but, for some reason, this one hit home, to the point where I think I’ll review it regularly. After the initial read, I found three areas that I’ve strongly felt about and have practiced to certain extents already. This confirms alignment with what the author wrote about.
Maybe you’ll find the same to some extent.
Peace, Fresh.
