Life Beyond DOT COM

Written by Anurag Bhateja on November 28, 2009 – 11:20 am -

In my last few posts, I have written a lot about the importance of being online, getting your name as domain name and benefits of being social online. No doubt, being online is one of the most important thing in lives of many people, like me, who are earning their bread from Internet only. Around 2 years back, I gave a seminar on Internet in my institute and called in dimension “I”. The dimension which can help you in making a world around you where you can make the rules and regulations in the way you want them to be. Internet has changed lives of many people and is still changing them.

Finding friends, making new contacts and getting new clients is far more easy than before but this speed is eating happiness and reducing relaxation time day by day. If I calculate the time spend with friends and family in last 3-4 years, it will come to almost null. Being a passionate photographer, it sometimes hurt when I do not find time to go out and click some photographs of bugs. The thing is almost every IT professional is almost out of the contact of mother nature. We are becoming “Frog of the well” and do not want to go out to see whats around us.

Having a hobby can be helpful but if you can not fulfill the basic requirement of hobby i.e. time, it is of no use. Indoor hobby is also of no use, sorry. Playing game on PS2 or XBox or WII can not be counted as a “helpful hobby” as it will make you remain inside the room. What I want to say is we all need to go out. We need to get the hidden child in us, out and make fun of every single thing around us. Play, run, dance, click or do what ever you want to do but do spend sometime with mother nature. Give time to your “offline” friends and family and get a life.

You will feel good