Walking by my friends house in upper Manhattan, an annoying notification pop on into my brain reminding me that I have not finish my English homework due on Friday. Thankfully, I have develop a specialized ability to find quick temporary solutions to my problems, just like Google. Thanks to the smell of smoky ribs from a neighbor 's house helped activate my superpower. The solution brought by my instinct made me think of my good friend Sheila, who I know could help me with my forgotten homework. Right in the moment when I was going to call her, the red icon in my phone appear and it suddenly went off. While, Gravity was pulling me down making me more tired as I have never been before, my desires to go home abruptly increase. However, I was
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It had also been a bigger temptation to maintain myself awake at night. I remember my 10 year old birthday when my father decided to give me an Iphone, at that point my sloth sleeping habits change radically to a New York sleeping style. Disappointment and irresponsibility were also driving me down not only emotionally but also academically; I was lost into something that I could not handle by myself. For that reason, I pay a visit to Sheila’s house once again, but this time I had a plan. I wrote in a Post-It “No Netflix, Phone, or Computer”, and by the moment I step in, Sheila saw the note and was impress of what was written on it. We sat down and talk about productive things that we could do for about an hour or more. After, We agree that all this fancy technology was drowning us deeper and if we continue like this we were going to mess up our lives and friendship. As easy as it might sound, it was pretty hard to spend three hours without writing a text-message or looking another episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Instead, we played Monopoly, took a bike ride and finish my English homework. Fortunately, we got through it and Netflix become just a hobby instead of our lives, grades went straight A’s and our friendship became …show more content…
Be able to be so dependent on technology and believe that I could not live without Netflix was the only way to open my eyes and realize that I needed to stop for a minute and think about priorities in life, which were not definitely Netflix. However, there is always a time in life to work and be rewarded by relaxation and fun among friends and family. Because of that, now my friend actually help me with my homework and after that we enjoy either going out or just staying at home watching Netflix or talking about new interesting things and inventions that have come up. Have the opportunity to connect again as before and share each other ideas brings us joy and an actually meaning to our life. This is the reason why I do not consider technology as an army weapon but more as a chance to know yourself better and make life more comfortable and united among those friends that are now far apart from each other. Netflix does not only had taught me how to pump a hearth in an open heart surgery but also how to share a sweet time in peace without any
It had also been a bigger temptation to maintain myself awake at night. I remember my 10 year old birthday when my father decided to give me an Iphone, at that point my sloth sleeping habits change radically to a New York sleeping style. Disappointment and irresponsibility were also driving me down not only emotionally but also academically; I was lost into something that I could not handle by myself. For that reason, I pay a visit to Sheila’s house once again, but this time I had a plan. I wrote in a Post-It “No Netflix, Phone, or Computer”, and by the moment I step in, Sheila saw the note and was impress of what was written on it. We sat down and talk about productive things that we could do for about an hour or more. After, We agree that all this fancy technology was drowning us deeper and if we continue like this we were going to mess up our lives and friendship. As easy as it might sound, it was pretty hard to spend three hours without writing a text-message or looking another episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Instead, we played Monopoly, took a bike ride and finish my English homework. Fortunately, we got through it and Netflix become just a hobby instead of our lives, grades went straight A’s and our friendship became …show more content…
Be able to be so dependent on technology and believe that I could not live without Netflix was the only way to open my eyes and realize that I needed to stop for a minute and think about priorities in life, which were not definitely Netflix. However, there is always a time in life to work and be rewarded by relaxation and fun among friends and family. Because of that, now my friend actually help me with my homework and after that we enjoy either going out or just staying at home watching Netflix or talking about new interesting things and inventions that have come up. Have the opportunity to connect again as before and share each other ideas brings us joy and an actually meaning to our life. This is the reason why I do not consider technology as an army weapon but more as a chance to know yourself better and make life more comfortable and united among those friends that are now far apart from each other. Netflix does not only had taught me how to pump a hearth in an open heart surgery but also how to share a sweet time in peace without any