Comments on: How Technology Changed My Life http://workandwok.com/2010/05/04/how-technology-changed-my-life/ a rest stop for the working mother Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: S.S. http://workandwok.com/2010/05/04/how-technology-changed-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84 S.S. Thu, 06 May 2010 02:16:52 +0000 http://workandwok.com/?p=366#comment-84 Technology has certainly enhanced our lives but also made us all 'addicts'. When I first left the corporate world, I was overwhelmed with a sense of loss. Simply because I no longer have an inbox full of mails to clear. In fact, I didn't even have to log on every day! A part of me (should I say the sense of self importance) seemed to have died then... But then I got used to it. And just like what you discovered, the sky didn't fall down! And I guess this detachment has allowed me to focus on myself, my kids and (ok, I am guilty of not doing this very often...) my husband. It's also leading by example for the kids. Parents complain that their kids are literally stuck to the computer and TV. Who are we to complain when we ourselves are doing exactly the same thing? So let's all try to utilize technology to improve our lives but not be it's slave. That is a challenge but I believe that it can be done. Technology has certainly enhanced our lives but also made us all ‘addicts’. When I first left the corporate world, I was overwhelmed with a sense of loss. Simply because I no longer have an inbox full of mails to clear. In fact, I didn’t even have to log on every day! A part of me (should I say the sense of self importance) seemed to have died then…

But then I got used to it. And just like what you discovered, the sky didn’t fall down! And I guess this detachment has allowed me to focus on myself, my kids and (ok, I am guilty of not doing this very often…) my husband.

It’s also leading by example for the kids. Parents complain that their kids are literally stuck to the computer and TV. Who are we to complain when we ourselves are doing exactly the same thing?

So let’s all try to utilize technology to improve our lives but not be it’s slave. That is a challenge but I believe that it can be done.

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