Second: How Does Social Networking Affect My Time?
"Make sure of the more important things."—Philippians 1:10.
Social networking can consume your time and distract you from more vital activities. Social networking calls for one to create more contacts whereby the more contacts one has, the more time you will spend social networking and the more addictive it can be.
To some who may not know is that it’s hard to get off a social networking site, even when you don't really like it. It's almost like an obsession. This is because there are so many things to do—games, tests, music fan pages—not to mention checking out all your friends' profile pages. Social networking is a vortex that sucks you in, and you have no idea you've been caught until when what you intended to do is not done as planned. Social networking can create the feeling of finishing your tasks fast or get home quickly from school for students just to see who had responded to your posts. And then having to reply to all those people and look at all the new photos they had uploaded.
The effects of social networking to some could be negative whereby one gets to in a really bad mood when he or she is online, and hates to be interrupted. Some people I know are on the site almost all the time—even when they're out socializing with others at their houses, traveling in matatus and at crazy times during the night.
Time is a commodity that you cannot afford to waste hence it is important that we budget for it just like you will do for money or other things. First, write down an amount of time that you feel would be reasonable to spend networking. Then track yourself for a month, and see how well you kept your resolve. Make adjustments where needed. If you are a parent and your adolescents are spending excessive time with social networking, try to discern if there are any underlying issues. For example, in her book Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Nancy E. Willard points out that overuse of social networking may be linked to anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem. "Many teens are highly concerned about their social status," she writes. “If teens measure their social worth based on the level of electronic communication activity with friends, this can fuel addiction.” Never let social networking—or any online activity, for that matter—interferes with the friendships we should be cultivating within our own household. “One of the ironies of the Internet is that while it makes staying in touch easier when family members are physically apart, it can also keep them apart when they're at home.”
The bottom line decision is to consider and put a control in regard to its usage. Social networking is a great way to stay in touch with people. But, as with anything else, you just have to know when to shut it down.
"Make sure of the more important things."—Philippians 1:10.
Social networking can consume your time and distract you from more vital activities. Social networking calls for one to create more contacts whereby the more contacts one has, the more time you will spend social networking and the more addictive it can be.
To some who may not know is that it’s hard to get off a social networking site, even when you don't really like it. It's almost like an obsession. This is because there are so many things to do—games, tests, music fan pages—not to mention checking out all your friends' profile pages. Social networking is a vortex that sucks you in, and you have no idea you've been caught until when what you intended to do is not done as planned. Social networking can create the feeling of finishing your tasks fast or get home quickly from school for students just to see who had responded to your posts. And then having to reply to all those people and look at all the new photos they had uploaded.
The effects of social networking to some could be negative whereby one gets to in a really bad mood when he or she is online, and hates to be interrupted. Some people I know are on the site almost all the time—even when they're out socializing with others at their houses, traveling in matatus and at crazy times during the night.
Time is a commodity that you cannot afford to waste hence it is important that we budget for it just like you will do for money or other things. First, write down an amount of time that you feel would be reasonable to spend networking. Then track yourself for a month, and see how well you kept your resolve. Make adjustments where needed. If you are a parent and your adolescents are spending excessive time with social networking, try to discern if there are any underlying issues. For example, in her book Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Nancy E. Willard points out that overuse of social networking may be linked to anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem. "Many teens are highly concerned about their social status," she writes. “If teens measure their social worth based on the level of electronic communication activity with friends, this can fuel addiction.” Never let social networking—or any online activity, for that matter—interferes with the friendships we should be cultivating within our own household. “One of the ironies of the Internet is that while it makes staying in touch easier when family members are physically apart, it can also keep them apart when they're at home.”
The bottom line decision is to consider and put a control in regard to its usage. Social networking is a great way to stay in touch with people. But, as with anything else, you just have to know when to shut it down.
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