Tuesday 12 April 2011

How Internet Affected Our Current Lifestyle

By Chester I. Graig


Life was totally different a few decades ago compared to the standards today. One had to struggle for basic things in life and though we had unlimited dreams and desires, the avenues and the availability of goods and services to meet our aspirations were limited. We had no choice but to extend our patience and tolerance. But this is not the case today. We seem to live in a totally different world where instant gratification is the main stay. We need to ask ourselves if we are losing our tolerance and patience in today's context.

If you spent a considerable amount of time paying your bills, doing shopping and other things all these years, thanks to internet and technology today you do are saved from having to spend so much of time and effort. Instead you can sit comfortably at home and order your groceries to clothes and medicines online. You can even pay your utility bills and do your banking at your convenience without having to stand in the queue.

More and more people are wondering if they are really happy using online and internet for all their work and if it really is able to give them the satisfaction of going out there and doing things physically and interacting with all other people. The happiness of going shopping with the family on a weekend cannot be replaced by the internet experience.

But then we do not mean that the internet options are of no use. Of course internet happens to be a big boon especially in times like having to choose a international holiday package. You really get to see the various resorts and look for exotic places to visit.

Perhaps the utility of internet depends upon our attitude towards using it and towards our life. We should use internet to do those repetitive chores so that we are able to make time for ourselves to do the things we really enjoy doing and spending quality time with our family.

Use the internet effectively for doing things which you cannot physically go and do. Things like searching for the best home to buy or booking a holiday in a luxury liner are the things that you can use internet effectively for.

When you think of all that you had to do to book your family for holiday earlier on, internet seems to be a god sent saving you from all of that work that you had to do for weeks trying to get across to various hotels, obtain their brochures and make bookings.

In fact when you look at the anticipation element in the yester years, it used to be a huge adventure to plan your holiday and get your bookings in place. Today this part of planning has become easier. Your adventure and sense of anticipation is more on spending quality holiday and enjoying the experience rather than worrying over the logistics.




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