In this digital age when everyone has so much information
and entertainment available on their fingertips, it is actually making us
isolated from the real world. You can find people looking at their smart phones
or tablets while walking. If you fall on the road chances are that you will not
get a hand for help as everyone will be busy on their gadgets and will not even
notice you. In this digital world we are more connected to a Stranger sitting miles
away than someone who is sitting just next to us.
We had one meal together rule in our house and we used to
love it. That used to be our time to catch up with each other. After marriage
it was just 2 of us who used to eat one meal together every day. But In-between
I happened to go for a long business trip and that was when my husband
developed this habit of watching videos in his laptop while having dinner. He will
have earphones on so he was totally disconnected from me. This was really
bothering me. I even told him that it is bad manner to not talk to the person
eating with you and only look at your laptop, but he had many excuses. Like he doesn’t
get any time to watch his favourite series, this is an important episode and so
on. Even on vacations we used to get more connected to outside world then each
other, blame free wifi for that.
But then this onetime we went for holidaying in a jungle
resort where there was no wifi. Even getting cellular network was difficult
over there. We had no TV in room too, so only way of entertainment we had was each
other’s company. I must say that the absence of all the digital connectivity
actually helped us connect with each other better. We spent lots of time together
on beach and did many fun activities. We had our dinner together on the beach
below the sky full of stars. We shared out childhood memories, teenage gossips,
dreams and goals with each other. And it actually helped us a lot to know each
other even better. We were amazed that even after living together for 2 years
we knew so less about each other. And getting off the digital connectivity gave
us so much time to know each other so very well. We were so happy with this
whole experience that we decided to go to that place again and do one jungle
resort holiday each year, where we can be close to nature and each other.
Now that we have a baby, we would like to spend simile quality
time with him too, So that we all connect better with each other. And to do
that if we will have to be disconnected from the digital world for sometimes
then why not, After all this real togetherness is actually worth it.
