Today, I went to put my laptop on a desk when I got a text message. I was startled by my ringtone and dropped my laptop on the ground. It now has dent marks on the bottom. The text message was from an annoying friend simply saying “I’m eating a hot dog. FML

It seems that as technology makes communication easier, it is easy to be so obsessed with it that something as simple as receiving a text message is instantly more important than everything going on around us, such as this except.

Take some time to enjoy real life, and maybe set aside some times of the day, or days of the week, where you disconnect yourself from the grid. You may be pleasantly surprised.