{"id":9372,"date":"2018-06-12T23:41:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=9372"},"modified":"2020-07-29T02:33:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T08:33:21","slug":"step-away-from-the-digital-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/step-away-from-the-digital-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"STEP AWAY FROM THE DIGITAL DEVICES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5.9 hours a day.\u00a0 5.9 HOURS A DAY!\u00a0 That\u2019s how much time the average adult spent each day with digital media in 2017.\u00a0 And you know that average has only gone up up up in 2018. (source:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpcb.com\/internet-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kleiner Perkins Annual Internet Trends Report<\/a>)\u00a0 And the latest stats show that people are now watching over 1 BILLION HOURS of YouTube videos A DAY! 1 BILLION HOURS!\u00a0\u00a0 (source: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandwatch.com\/blog\/39-youtube-stats\/\">https:\/\/www.brandwatch.com\/blog\/39-youtube-stats\/<\/a>)\u00a0 What is happening to all of us?!?!\u00a0 How did we ever let it get this out of control????<\/p>\n<p>Think about it\u2026we are all sitting in front of a digital screen watching videos of kittens and babies, scrolling through social media photos that paint a totally unrealistic view of what life should be, and playing online video games with a bunch of complete strangers, and having entire relationships via text messaging. And we all did that for an average of 5.9 hours every day last year! And you know that for this year we are all way over that 5.9 average\u2026I shudder to think how high that number has actually climbed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>How did we get to <a href=\"https:\/\/supplygem.com\/video-marketing-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this point<\/a>?!\u00a0 How did we get to the point where we hardly ever talk to anyone face-to-face anymore? How did we get where we hardly ever write an actual letter or thank you note to anyone?\u00a0 How did we let ourselves get where we hardly ever go outside and just play anymore? And why did we stop playing board games and card games where we actually sit around a table with each other to do it? How did we let ourselves replace laughing together with an \u201clol\u201d and how did we let ourselves replace saying the words \u201cI love you\u201d while looking lovingly into our sweethearts eyes with a texted smiley face heart emoji or a \u201c&lt;3\u201d? \u00a0How did we let our digital media usage take over our lives to this extent?!<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how we let it get this bad, but I know that it is, and I know it will only continue to get worse if we don\u2019t start to force ourselves to STEP AWAY FROM THE DIGITAL DEVICES!\u00a0 For heaven stakes STEP AWAY (I\u2019m yelling in all caps as much for myself as for all of you\u2026 #thestruggleisreal )!\u00a0 Even if just for a few of those 5.9+ hours each day. STEP AWAY from the pet videos and social media posts and just go outside\u2026talk to a friend\u2026visit a neighbor\u2026go sit down at lunch with someone (and no -grabbing something through a drive through together doesn\u2019t count!)\u2026sit around a table and play a game with friends\u2026write someone a handwritten note or letter\u2026go outside and get some fresh air\u2026perform an act of kindness for a stranger\u2026LIVE LIFE!<\/p>\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5.9 hours a day.\u00a0 5.9 HOURS A DAY!\u00a0 That\u2019s how much time the average adult spent each day with digital media in 2017.\u00a0 And you know that average has only gone up up up in 2018. 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