Is the Social Media Keeping People to Stay Lazy?

“If it feels good, then it must be right.”

Presenting: The mindset of some people to justify laziness.

Being Lazy sometimes is not a bad thing. But if you get addicted to it, it will cling on you to the point that is almost impossible brush-off. It will stop your development and will result to unwanted effects that you were once vowed to avoid when your just a little kid.

“I want to be a doctor.”

…and where are you now?

Well, they’re not entirely lazy because laziness is when you feel tired to do everything. Most people calls it laziness when you prefer leisure over productivity, like playing video games, Facebook browsing, reading online visual novels, et cetera which are actually your hobbies. And when I say “productivity”, these are the activities that promotes well-being and generally acceptable lifestyle, like finding a job, exercise, skills enhancement, and outdoor explorations.

Social media is both the medium and at fault for keeping some people lazy. Since Facebook and other social networking sites works with the freedom to share on public, everything a person has to say is expected to influence a few who reads his wall posts. Now imagine if highly influential people started posting about feeling good in laziness.

Social media notifications can distract your working attitude and if you’re a blogger like me, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Facebook and other social networking sites are getting frequent updates than your love life. And now, your browser or mobile phone can notify you. This is one of the reasons why social media is highly discouraged in every workplace. Imagine when you’re working on a complex paper work and suddenly *ting!* a pop-up notification on the right corner of your screen? Goodbye focus, hello scroll-down. On your way to laziness pit.

It’s not just the social media, but also the people using the social media are the ones responsible for toppling people off track to adulthood. Remember the trending hashtag #Adulting when teens starting to brag about cooking and other house chores which in our early days, were taught to us by our parents and should’ve practicing it for the rest of our lives? Successfully boiling water doesn’t tell you’re ready for adulthood. Stop being lazy and get things done.

Posting ideology also helps these people to find reasons to be lazy. According to Benjamin P. Hardy, an Organizational Psychology student, It is likely for C students to be more successful in life than of students with A and B ranks because they question the validity of academic system. ideals like these are now circulating on the social media which people uses to reason out why they don’t study their lessons at home.

It could also be a marketing strategy. Because there are more than 1 billion active Facebook users in the world and is impossible that none of them didn’t saw your advertisement. More products are hitting your newsfeed that came from laziness. You’re too lazy to fold the clothes so the market made you a machine that folds for you. You’re too lazy to go to buy the grocery so the market lets you hire a deliveryman for you. You’re too lazy to cook your meal so the market cooked the finest and hot fast food for you.

And all of these products that are way easier to see, thanks to social media, have the tagline “to make your life easier” where in which “to hide the lazy consumer within you”.

 

Hiding under some cuddling photos is the undeniable fact that you are pleased to be lazy yourself starting by reacting to them. Photos of people under these zodiac signs; photos of a couple lying on a bed all day; photos of cute pandas; photos of laziness quote with strong message; photos of laziness and sarcasm; et cetera. What unacceptable with these persuasive photos is when people find it adorable and they will tag someone. Laziness influence en-route to instant world domination.

Social media is a medium of expression to everyone. Whatever you say or do in your account will affect your social circle. You have followers, admirers, viewers, and people that look up on you. Your posts matters to them. The way you use your social media account reflects the entire you. Be a good example to them and most of all

 

Laziness is laziness.

By “Cinderella”

Bad Effects of being free

 

“Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.”

You know what’s hard when it comes to choosing between 2 things? It’s either you have both, or you don’t like both.

Choosing is a good example of freedom. People having the privilege to choose can be lucky because others have no choice at all. It’s not that they’re not free but their lives seem in the same straight path with corner alleys and turns blocked. It’s an analogical explanation of “No choice.”

 

Are you sure you’re free to choose? Did you choose something because it’s what you really wanted or is it because it’s what you need? Even if granted with freedom, choosing is something one can’t avoid. It is part of our daily lives and therefore, necessary in making our future. But when it comes to making decisions, will it be considered as freedom if the option we chose offers dissatisfaction? When we’re free and we choose, we ran out of options. How? For example, you’re free to buy any food you craved for until such time you tasted and satisfied to them not you have nothing else to try.

Regardless of how it affects us, choosing is always part of freedom and also one of its disadvantages. Here are the other things that make our freedom a disadvantage to our life.

When we’re free, we’re becoming carefree because we’re free to do things we wanted to do. And when we do something that makes us happy, we often forget how it may affect us and the other people around us in both physically and mentally. The feeling of freedom combined with recreational activities such as sports can also increases the sensation-feeling. That tingly feeling on your spine that feels good like when we’re exciting whenever you’re doing something fun. In an extraordinary study, Dr Tim Gable and Dr Ian Walker, from University of Bath’s department of psychology, have shown that wearing a helmet is likely to increase sensation-seeking and make people less safe – even in situations where headgear is not required. Thus, our freedom to do extreme activities and thinking wearing helmet to be safe make us carefree and prone to accidents.

When we’re free, we doubt our companions. It’s true but don’t think a bit too far. This is actually the effect of being free. When we’re free, we tried a lot of things and learned from it. And in the way, we met people not worthy of our trust. Yes, the connection of freedom and trust issues is extremely greater than you expected.

 

You might be mistaking Independence from being rebellious. Aha! If you noticed that the bad effect of your freedom is affecting the people around you in extreme unpleasant way, I’m sorry but you’re in the wrong path of freedom. Keep in mind that being independent should be leading you to greater good. No matter what the reason is as long as it’s unacceptable by the general law, it is always a rebellious act. Responsibility is the key trait of independence. Keep proper responsibility a daily process.