Technology and ME!

Is technology causing me to lose as much as I gain? The answer to this question is simple for me, NO! I know that technology, like any other fun thing, is addicting and exciting and time consuming if I let it be. This is why I don’t; when I was less mature I was addicted to technology as well as other things. I will never deny that I spent entire weekends in high school sitting at my desk playing World of Warcraft, literally for about 8 hours at a time, only taking breaks when my mom would yell at me to stop being a slob and go eat or go outside (I would sneak back as soon as possible). Nowadays I use technology more sparingly to entertain myself when I’m bored and have nothing else to do. I also cannot deny that I procrastinate but I do not ever miss assignments and I get good grades so obviously technology isn’t affecting me too bad. Also I know that if I play videogames before I go to practice I have this hazy, lackadaisical feel so I don’t play them before practice, plain and simple. Technology is extremely helpful, I could never have been able to use a typewriter, my backspace button has been pressed so many times that it sticks sometimes and I have to keep pounding it until it’ll go back to normal. Also I can stay in touch with my friends and family in San Diego and other far off places and my girlfriend who still goes to USC. Overall technology is a good thing for me. The picture above is of my vibrams at Machu Picchu, Peru. The video below is a kid without his WoW.