WE 182: Optimizing time, a good habit.
Thinking about the Weekend Engagement topics proposed by @galenkp I decided to write about a habit I would give as a gift.
I would gift my daughter the habit of optimizing her time. It is extremely important the ability to manage our time to be more productive and happy.
Nowadays, especially teenagers spend hours on screens. They relegate their school activities, leisure and even their rest, just to be with a screen in front of them.
Going out to do outdoor activities, meeting, reading a book, studying, dedicating some time to organize their rooms, helping with housework, are things that almost have to be imposed.
Human interaction has been replaced by virtual interaction. They prefer chatting to talking in person, showing emotions has been exchanged for emojis, words for acronyms.
The development of technology is undeniable and is part of today's life. Digital connectivity, which allows distances to shorten, has paradoxically disconnected us from reality. It distances us from people close to us.
I am not against the use of technologies, not at all. And much less that my daughter should do without them. What I would like is for her to give everything else a wider space in her days. I'm not saying she doesn't, but I think it's insufficient. That she understands and values the importance of other things and makes it a daily habit.
That she manages to distribute her time in different activities, rest as necessary, appreciate the beauty of the world around her and become aware of the problems to act accordingly. Enjoy the smell of the pages of a book, listen to the sound of voices, the laughter of friends. Supporting each other in their studies, doing teamwork. Volunteering to help with household responsibilities. Paying attention to essential things that she leaves behind and that she forgets every day. I would like her to do all that and enjoy it to the fullest.
If my daughter manages to distribute her time in an organic and satisfactory way between these and other activities that she enjoys, she will be able to optimize it. It will make her a person prepared to face life, to be better every day, to become a happy adult. She will enjoy all the beauties of this planet of ours and the development we have been able to achieve as a species, without losing sight of the fact that we are thinking, emotional beings who live in society.
I share with you a video that my daughter made when she was only 13 years old that addresses the issue of addiction to the virtual world. I hope you like it.
The images and text are my own. I used DeepL for the translation because Spanish is my mother tongue. The video is authored by my daughter, posted on her Youtube channel..
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We, as parents have this problem nowadays when we see our children surrounded by technology which sometimes interrupts the "natural" way of socializing, going out, reading a book, doing homework etc. My son many times complains he has no time for this or that (like studying, or practising hahaha) but for sure he would have if there were less time with the phone in his hands, right? But I remember we had a similar issue when we were at that age when I would just come home for the weekend (I lived in a different city for high school) and turn on the TV to watch a teenage series (it was an Australian series, I remember) and then my family would complain - you have to study, to practise, to... and I was sad, or frustrated they would interrupt me in watching just one episode. 😂 Well, the thing is the balance, for us too, adults, I have to confess that I am struggling with time as work takes a big portion of my day, but then doing the household chores, groceries, having a family and spending quality time with my son and husband, going out, Hive, which I would like to be around for several hours a day haha, leisure time, read a book for example, practice the piano (omg, I really have to practice one thing for today haha) ok, I am off hahaa
The video your daughter made, oh, the Little Prince, is once again a great one!!!
The problem is really serious. And I say teenagers, but adults also become more and more dependent on the phone every day. And the phenomenon is aggravated in children. It is understandable that the world has changed. What leaves me in doubt is whether it was better in our time or is better today. Comparing eras is very complicated. I would have wanted to live my adolescence in the 70's, although the 90's were a magnificent decade. Full of changes that shook the world and in Cuba it was very hard, but somehow it made us what we are today. Each generation lives its time with its own things, but I think that looking back and seeing if there are better ones is always valid. We can only try to spend time together whenever we can, transmit experiences that we believe in our opinion can be better, show them other ways to occupy their time and try to do it ourselves as well. Anyway... we will see what the future holds, hopefully human beings will not lose the ability to talk... at the rate we are going 🤭.
Olivia's short film that year was a finalist in several international animation festivals in Spain, USA, Italy, India and Slovenia. She won an award at a festival in Albania. Unfortunately she was not able to travel to any of them.
Thanks for the support you always give to my content. Happy week. 🤗
That is true. And maybe we could take examples or see where and what went wrong or the things we did well. I also hope that we will at least know how to talk jajaja
Congratulations to Olivia for each of the successes she had! 🥂👏
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Thanks. Las felicitaciones serán dadas.
What a great post! And Oli is a genius. As a mom I know you want the best for her, and it's true that better optimization of time would enhance the great person she already is. Maybe you should plan more outdoor activities as a family and including her friends... and use those boxes that swallow cellphones ;)
The extra-home activities are almost obligatory and I have taken his friends with us, well ...only 2 per shift that are the ones that fit in the polaquito. To the beach, to concerts, to exhibitions, to climbing. I have taken away their phones and they get annoyed with me, pero yo como si conmigo no fuera jajajaja.