Social Media Apps, Influencers, Content Creators, Digital Nomads and what not-these were some of the words that I, and supposedly many of you, would have been listening to for the past few years. One of the Biggest change that has influenced Online and the Digital Content Production and Consumption was the Pandemic, COVID-19. Post the Pandemic, the Online activity of many people has increased by two to three folds, and even, the Number of Creators producing content has increased to a really large number in the past few years. On average, we are spending around 7 hours(I think this is still less than what actually might be Average Screen time), just scrolling and surfing through social Media Apps, and most things that require the least Attention and are MERELY to GIVE US THE FEELING OF BEING ENTERTAINED(not denying, many people do use the Internet and all to create a better change in their Life-but that would be a small fraction of people-say around 15% to 25%). In short, this large chunk of your day indirectly decides what you feed your Mind, and what Sub-Conscious thoughts you create in the back of your Head, which would indirectly affect your Behavioral Patterns, Thinking and your overall Life.
Can’t relate or Understand what I mean-here is what I meant; before the year 2010 or say 2015, did you ever hear the words like SATURATED, or BURNT OUT from Students or Employees? But hearing all that now leads to two possibilities-Firstly, and most Unlikely-the Work Pattern of Millions of People SUDDENLY changed, and all SUDDENLY feel the same thing, at around the same time. Or, the Second, and more likely thing-All of Us have fed our Minds with the same Non-sense "People" have been Posting on the Internet, and sub-consciously, we attracted the SAME FEELINGS towards our own work, and try to FIND WAYS to MAKE OURSELVES BELIEVE THE OF THE FALSE NOTION that we too are ACTUALLY BURNT OUT! Just a small introspect, and you would know HOW YOUR LIFE IS INFLUENCED BY ALL THIS-and in all this, we are LOOSING OURSELVES-the actual us, the personality which differentiates each and every one of us from the Rest of the world! 

IT ALL STARTS WITH A POOR APPROACH

When was the last time when you were asked something NEW, something unheard of; and your reaction to that was NOT GOOGLING it out, but rather thinking hard, and trying to get to that in your own way? To the Students out there-when was the last time that you pondered on a Difficult Question for Hours, rather than giving up your Thinking and deciding to GOOGLE it out, and MEMORIZE the method to solve such sort of Questions? I am pretty sure, the answer to this is NEVER! In this fast paced world, all of us are in the chase of getting things done fast. We want to get Healthier Fast, We want to Recover from Injuries Fast, We want to Learn things Faster, We want to get Rich Faster and what not. In the present world, Seeing other people’s success, we too want to get that as soon as possible. But by GETTING all this, we are losing something very important and crucial-something that is worth more than that FAST GAINED SUCCESS-we are losing the ability to Ponder, to THINK and the Ability to CHASING THINGS! With the Internet being the Home to all the Knowledge of Humanity, it has become really easy for us to search for things and know that. Not denying that now every person who has access to the Internet, can learn things and grow smarter, but the fact is that when we use it in a way that Deteriorates our Thinking and growth, it is not worth it.
I have often found this to be true, and I am sure you all would agree too-when something is for free, or something is attained with ease(in short, with Less of our Inputs/things at stake, or being spent), its VALUE falls! The best example of this is in Economics-when Government is short of cash, it PRINTS more of it-and when THIS “MORE” MONEY comes without any WORK OR EXCHANGE, the VALUE OF THE CURRENCY falls, causing INFLATION! Similarly, when this Knowledge comes with almost no Self-Input from our side, its value falls. This is what crumbles our APPROACH to things. The moment we are unable to find something, to get a reasonable and logical answer to something, we Search it out; over sitting there, thinking and pondering different ways to get to it. People, and especially students misunderstand the real MEANING of Education(well, I wouldn't blame them to be true). Education and Assignments don’t mean JUST SOLVING QUESTIONS, and HANDING IN GOOGLED PROJECTS ON TIME(sadly, this is what the Education System is becoming nowadays-a Shear System of Producing Mindless, yet SMART living Workers). The main objective of all this is to help you Sharpen Your Mind, to let you EXPLORE different paths, and teach you the APPROACH of Chasing something until you have found it on your own, or with the help and Contribution of Ideas of your Fellow Mates! This is the reason why the Renaissance was the Golden Era, there was a Growth in Connectivity and Social Interactions among People, yet it was Limited in the RIGHT AMOUNT, that people shared their ideas and Grew altogether-growing their Self Knowledge by learning from others as well! Human Interaction, and learning from Your Mentor Like Colleague is what "MINED THE GOLD IN THE RENAISSANCE"-but we even have to be Cautious of excessively IDOLIZING the people around us!