Internet Addiction And How to Subdue It

Internet has been a part of our life, we cannot pass a single a day without the usage of internet and it will prevail as it now for years until things become more automated and we don’t have to sit in front of our of PC or laptop, use mobile for hours to get things done either professional or use for pertaining to entertainment. Internet has been boon as well boon as well as bane since it’s inception.

Internet is blessing in the sense it provides everyone who has access to it, free stuffs like books which can be accessed by anyone who can afford it and it eases our work life also gives us more free time in our life as in with the aid of email we can send mail without waiting for postman to travel to receivers location. Furthermore, with availability of book with reference to study materials it helps the poor for who it is unaffordable or non-available in his/her location. In Addition to with the invent of social media where we can meet new people who share the same interest as we do, it is possible to meet our friends who are in different geographical location.

There is nothing wrong per say with internet as it is now, it is just like how the products are designed in this present world, it is made to allure you to buy more by making it you to covet it, cling and crave it. Websites for various tech giant are made to trigger you and to stay there longer periods than required for profit motive.

The responsibility is still on the users to use it for their advantage and to their betterment. There are lot of danger that comes from long hours staying in front of blue screen such causing low self esteem, it effects your sleep cycle, social anxiety, loneliness, brain fog, cognitive decline, weight gain.

One of the ways to escape from this by being mindful, to use mob, computer when it is required and when you use it mindfully when using it, because of unsolicited features of apps, there will be endless amount of content to be used and very much time left in life. One thing you could to do is being mindful, use cues to your advantage and first make up your mind that is in an addiction and you have to make changes by changing your identity, that you’re not the addict anymore but a normal person. When you change your identity you change the way you think and your attitude towards things.

The next step will be how to organise the process of changing your habit, you replace that habit with reading books, learning new musical instruments etc. You can use habit stacking method, one of the secrets to forming a good habit is to repeat an act or action few times and it becomes easy to do and make it interesting and attractive which will help you to carry these habits forward. Journaling your daily events also helps keeping track of new habits and how productive you are and you will be control our thoughts.

Reading and memorizing technique for kids

Reading can be tough and uninteresting when it is dry and boring. When it’s uninteresting, kids are disinclined and stay away from books. But it’s our job to make reading interesting and build curiousity in these little minds.

There are abundant reading techniques for kids out there. One way to memorize the the dates chronologically. Or for instance to remember all chief ministers of state, is to write it down on the pieces of paper and try to memorize first 10 out 50 and again in your second attempt recall the first ten and continue to memorize from 10 to 20 and write it down if you want as it will increase the chances of remembering and recall from again from 1 to 20. It is one of the ways you can memorize, but there are numerous techniques such as mind mapping etc which adults can use to memorize important information which is hard to remember.

Another alternative is to use pluck cards. It is one of the effective methods to memorize information for kids which can be used study time tables as well. First by reading in array and then handing out to someone to test your learning and ask them to mix the pluck cards and ask questions.

And inorder to make the above steps effective. One must encourage curiosity, rewarding or appraising kids whenever they get the right answer, because humans crave for attending, appeasement, and attraction. It is same in kids as well. And furthermore, make it habit of learning new things and mix it up with physical activity like doing exercises or going to park to play games etc. In addition, let the kid to ask questions and encourage it, also ask your kids to teach you what they have read. Because if you can’t explain what you have learnt, you haven’t learnt it well.

Powerful tool for freedom

Have you heard about discipline? Everyone must try to inculcate in themselves. We have dreams and desires we want to achieve. But only few of us like to grind our way up there.

Discipline is doing things even when you don’t long to do. Seems hard at times. But you do it even when you don’t feel like it, by doing it increases your mental toughness and callouses your mind and it makes you a strong person.

Never celebrate early, always have your eyes on the long-term goal you want to achieve and also be grateful of your achievement of your short term one’s. Being disciplined is not easy, but you should have a clear vision, that the thing you’re doing is not because people want you to do, but you’re doing doing it for yourself and enjoy doing it. Everything has a price and sacrifice and discipline is what you pay for freedom.

Always keep in mind, the activity what you’re doing will bring fruits to you in the future. But don’t worry about the fruit. Do your work and don’t think about the rewards. There is no substitute for hard work. Grind your way up there.