Remember the time when you or parents left the office and work stayed at the office? Before cellphones, laptops, smart phones and Ipads, parents came home and cooked ate dinner with their family, helped their children with homework and just spent time together as a family. On weekends, families would run errands, go to their kids games and go out for an afternoon movie no worries about work or what was happening in the world. Families were more connected and not sidetracked with world events on the news or what so-in-so did on their vacation.
I'm not saying today is bad and yesterday was good. I am guilty of checking my emails on my phone or updating my Twitter status when I should be paying attention to the person in front of me. Sometimes I don't even realize that I am doing this since it is second nature now. I have to consciously put my phone in my purse or close up my laptop so I am not rude to my children or whoever happens to be with me.
I think nowadays after 9-11 I feel out of sorts if I do not know what is going on at all times in the world. I am not obsessively reading every article or watching television all day, I just need to know that nothing earth shattering has happened. When my phone is too far away I start to feel just a little anxious that I missed an important call, email or missed a Breaking News story.
I know I am not alone in feeling this way but I do wish sometimes I could be really in the moment every evening and on weekends when I am with friends and family. Even if my phone is in my purse I still think about "What am I missing?"
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