Have you noticed you have less and less time to spend with family members lately? Are you rushing through you daily chores to get back on the computer and finish a post or comment you started a while ago but were interrupted to complete your daily tasks? In this age of hyper technology the balance between work, family and the internet has becoming harder and harder to cope with. Adding all the time you find yourself blogging, social networking and posting on Facebook or Twitter it is likely that your family time has been suffering without your knowledge.
Making time for family is still very important. Deciding between your real family and actual friends versus your virtual reality family and artificial friends should not be such a hard decision as the difference between the two are quality time and wasted time. Unless you are a self-employed at home internet worker, the amount of time you spend on the internet should be balanced so your time with the family offers you an alternative to the time spent social networking or communicating with virtual friends or clients. Even if you are using the internet to earn your income, there are times to take a timeout to push yourself away from the laptop or keyboard and sign off to interact with your loved ones. Deciding what is wasted time and what is quality time should be something the family can discuss and agree upon to avoid neglect of our loved ones. It comes down to either giving them the proper attention or inattention that will leave a footprint of carelessness and miscommunications.
Choosing between screen time and face to face time is not so hard once you accept the importance of either of them in regards to your personal life expectations. The matter comes down to maintaining real friendships or family relationships versus unreal or social interaction with either friends from work or total strangers you have never met in person, engaged in political or personal communications of gossip, news, politics or other activities. Taking interest in your relationship, your marriage, your kids and their social needs versus others is not a very tough decision to make when it comes down to the reality of what impacts you more – real life or a fake life with others.
Balancing should have a clear priority set up to decide what is most important. Don’t settle for half of anything or second best. Be smart and choose your time wisely. Realize where the real satisfaction comes from real relationships versus those you engage with on the website. Choose the relationship that is tangible rather than intangible as you feel the benefits of living with each other and managing your time with them in a most responsible manner every day of your life.