:two_hearts:EuphoriaDoes anyone else feel guilty or weird about spending the majority of their time doing things IRL and neglecting their virtual life and friends?
Tim Rowe@Euphoria
Very occasionally. I used to feel that quite a bit, though.
I guess we're meant to, which is why one sees so many people immersed in their devices instead of paying attention to the people and things in their immediate surroundings.
Algot (Still)The virtual streams flow by while I am "away". It can be difficult to accept the resulting gaps.
When I look at things virtual as just a part of my "real day", the gaps are less evident.
I cannot read while I drive and I enjoy changing focus, putting down my book when I talk with my family.
I try to see the computer/smartphone in the same way.
I don't multitask well, I guess.
Modern research seems to be saying that no one's really a good multi-tasker, though some people certainly appear to be.
You seem like a well balanced individual.
Being balanced has always been one of my goals.
Though, I've never tried to walk a tightrope, and never will.
Marcin Cieślak@Euphoria not really. But I feel horribly guilty for neglecting RL ones who are too far away
I sometimes feel the same, @saper, but then remember that those people can just as easily contact or visit me, something that's taken me many years to get comfortable with as they always seem to expect me to call or visit them, something I don't do as much since I don't want to be in the place where they are, though I'd love to spend time with them elsewhere.