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I would gift my daughter the habit of optimizing her time. It is extremely important the ability to manage our time to be more productive and happy.
Nowadays, especially teenagers spend hours on screens. They relegate their school activities, leisure and even their rest, just to be with a screen in front of them.
Going out to do outdoor activities, meeting, reading a book, studying, dedicating some time to organize their rooms, helping with housework, are things that almost have to be imposed.
Human interaction has been replaced by virtual interaction. They prefer chatting to talking in person, showing emotions has been exchanged for emojis, words for acronyms.
The development of technology is undeniable and is part of today's life. Digital connectivity, which allows distances to shorten, has paradoxically disconnected us from reality. It distances us from people close to us.
I am not against the use of technologies, not at all. And much less that my daughter should do without them. What I would like is for her to give everything else a wider space in her days. I'm not saying she doesn't, but I think it's insufficient. That she understands and values the importance of other things and makes it a daily habit.
That she manages to distribute her time in different activities, rest as necessary, appreciate the beauty of the world around her and become aware of the problems to act accordingly. Enjoy the smell of the pages of a book, listen to the sound of voices, the laughter of friends. Supporting each other in their studies, doing teamwork. Volunteering to help with household responsibilities. Paying attention to essential things that she leaves behind and that she forgets every day. I would like her to do all that and enjoy it to the fullest.
If my daughter manages to distribute her time in an organic and satisfactory way between these and other activities that she enjoys, she will be able to optimize it. It will make her a person prepared to face life, to be better every day, to become a happy adult. She will enjoy all the beauties of this planet of ours and the development we have been able to achieve as a species, without losing sight of the fact that we are thinking, emotional beings who live in society.
I share with you a video that my daughter made when she was only 13 years old that addresses the issue of addiction to the virtual world. I hope you like it.
The images and text are my own. I used DeepL for the translation because Spanish is my mother tongue. The video is authored by my daughter, posted on her Youtube channel..
