The February contest #2 by sduttaskitchen|Modern lifestyle and its side effects!

My response to the @meraindia contest hosted by @sduttaskitchen for February.
Modern lifestyle and its side effects!

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In the past few decades our lifestyles have evolved a lot, especially in the last 2 decades with the uprise in technology, where everyone is glued to gadgets. If we observe our life right now, we will see, it's running on a fast track. The balance, which is the key to life is somewhere getting lost. Contemporary lifestyle is not bad if we can know how to balance it.

- How is the contemporary lifestyle affecting individuals?

In the new lifestyle, people want everything to happen at a super speed and with ease. Technology development is somewhere making us lazy too, but again as I said it all depends on how one uses it so it's not right to demonize it or view it from a single point of view. Everything is smart these days, smart phones, smart appliances, smart gadgets, which is making our life easy. For e.g. Alexa, where we can keep giving commands like, Alexa switch off the fan, switch on the lights..... all of this is taking away that little additional exercise that we used to do. But with the release of it, if we learn to fill up that space with some other positive things then it is nice. Especially for children, if that is the only way they have seen, then they will not know that there is other way also.

By bringing smart gadgets into our lives, if we also become smart that will be helpful. We must not forget to move and become lazy. If I am saving my energy on one thing, I must know to utilize it in some other way.

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Other part of it is, that the contemporary lifestyles are highly social media influenced. Whatever we see we believe and then somewhere try to imbibe in our life. It's ok as far as we are able to identify what is good for us to imbibe and what is not good for us.

- Do you believe it is necessary to consider several factors before adopting any new habits? Why?
Absolutely it is important to consider all factors before adapting to any new habits. What I see with children routines these days is that they have become very hectic and competitive, in which their innocence is lost. It is said that while learning to take the escalator, one must not forget to climb.

Whenever an old habit is given up, one must first understand what are the benefits of it. If there is any benefit, then in the new habit how am I going to imbibe it. Change is constant in life, and sometimes we will be forced to change with time. In all of the bargain, we must make sure that the mind is active and not getting dull. With too many gadget influences it is possible for the mind to go dull. With AI getting stronger by the day, our minds may get redundant. Today so many people go straight on ChatGPT to do so many things. For e.g. last week we had to make a presentation, I wanted my team to work on it, and one person suggested that we check on ChatGPT. We did and we could get the full presentation ready in no more then 15 mins. In the bargain, no one used their brains. Which is bad, but it was the need of the hour and I would not want to do that on regular basis. The good thing would have been was to take some references from there and then create our own presentation.

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- Do you believe allowing a child to enjoy their childhood is crucial for their emotional, social, and cognitive development?
It is very important for a child to develop their brain in their younger years, the more you give them everything ready on the platter, their minds will start shutting down. That's what is happening with the new generation. Their resilience level is very poor, they get stressed out fast, they are not able to take pressure. I am not saying all of them, but yes it is happening and the number is growing.

One day my Son asked me, Mom why is divorce rate so high now then compared to your times. This is the reason, poor capability of dealing with stressful situations. When the parents have not allowed their children to fail, to be in stress, to think, when they grow up and get in to the real world, they find it extremely challenging to cope up. The new age keeps talking about speaking their mind, but sometimes it is also about listening, which they fail to do.

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Conclusion
A life which is balance with Modern and traditional ways is the healthy one. Being out in nature, spending time with loved ones, following our passion, all of this blended with Modern lifestyle will become a good package.

Modern lifestyle is more about ease and comfort. One must understand, new is good and at the same time old is not bad. If we can learn to balance our life then the modern lifestyle is also good and constructive.

I will like to invite @jyoti-thelight, @pundex and @neukyan to participate in the contest.

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