Has tomorrow already come?

Technology has taken over my life. Whether it’s a text message, phone call, Facebook or my Blackberry Messenger, I just can’t get enough.

Over the years I’ve always kept up with the latest social networks, I’ve gone through Piczo, Myspace and now currently I’m using Facebook. I can’t go a day without checking. I feel lost without it, like I don’t know what’s going on in the world. I could stay on for hours…well, actually I do: talking on Chat, updating my status about how my day’s been going so far and what I’ve been up to. Even a quote from a song and especially uploading pictures to keep my Facebook profile current. It’s like an addiction of knowing what everyone else is doing, quite nosey really, but I just can’t help it. Even when I’m watching television my Facebook is just on next to me to see if I get any notifications. Also for quick access I have an application on my phone for Facebook, which notifies me when someone tries to contact me.

My Blackberry: yet another way technology has taken over my life. Sleek and efficient, I’ve had my phone since December 2010 and since then it has never left my side. Everywhere. Anytime. It doesn’t matter if I’m going to the bathroom to use the toilet, brush my teeth or have a bath, eating, talking in person to a friend, my phone always comes first. If it pings on Blackberry Messenger I will answer it in the same few seconds and when I don’t get the same in return from the person I get frustrated. If it came to it and I was running late and when I got to the bus stop and realised my phone wasn’t with me, I’d run all the way back but I wouldn’t do this for my bus pass I’d pay, but I always make sure before I leave I have it, like my phone is first priority because my day wouldn’t flow without it. With no communication and no music on the bus to listen to, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself. From making too many phone calls (when my bill came in I went over my 1200 minute barrier and my bill that would normally cost me £35 I faced myself having to pay £143!) because I have a problem with having endless phone conversations and not checking the amount of minutes I have left.

Even though this probably isn’t the healthiest obsession as it is scientifically proven that computer screens can cause bad eyesight, and phones can give off radiation, which can make you sick, I have become so obsessed that the consequences don’t bother me.

So now everyone who reads this will now know my obsession is technology and my problem is that I can’t overcome using technology in my everyday routine. The scariest thing of all is that technology gets bigger and better daily. So who knows in the next year to come how much technology I’ll be relying on and which gadgets I’ll be carrying around in my bag?

-Kerlisha