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Time passing way too fast

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@sisyphus
Could not agree with you more. I think one stays on a computer or cell phone because it is EASY.

Also because online time delays having to do anything physical or productive or new; complete projects, chore lists; to do lists aka "work" which takes energy.

I think phone addiction is real and caused by A) the need for social connection, B) a strong nosiness for knowing what is going on, and C) Avoidance of physical energy expenditure (work).

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@slarson14 Any decent psychologist will tell you that motivation is the basis of all behaviours, including doing nothing. Or, the wrong things.

True story: when my just-passed dad was a boy of 13, his parents decided to join the neighbourhood and purchase/lease a crank-telephone...the large wall-mounted box. His parents made a few calls, mostly to let others know they were 'on line.' One day, my dad wanted to call a friend, but he was intimidated by the large structure and the oddness of speaking into it. He turned to his father and asked his dad to help him to make the call for him. My grandfather, without even lowering his newspaper, replied, 'Son, when you want to make that call badly enough, you'll make it yourself.' Truer words were never spoken. They speak to what can bring ourselves to do even when it is not clear, convenient, or common.