First Post

I have never used a blog before, so this was an interesting event for me. I never realized how easy it is to share and communicate anything you have on your mind with the entire world in such a short amount of time. Technology is amazing, yet very intimidating to me, as I have grown up accustomed to books and record players. This is actually my first laptop I am using as well to post this blog, and I am still not sure how to use it. Although I have to admit that I do spend a lot of time on my laptop. After tracking my time wasted (I mean, used) on this machine, it is very interesting and astonishing to see how much time I devote to the use of a computer. Technology has totally invaded my life and taken over time that I would normally spend doing other things. For example, I remember when I started college back in 2004 at Brookdale and there was maybe one or two classes I had to use a computer for. (Granted, I was an Art major and spent a lot of time in the studio) Now at Rutgers, every class I have is associated with an online site or requires some form of computer accesss. This is understandable though because everything we as humans do requires some sort of technological connection nowadays. I just sent a text before typing this sentence; point proven. After logging my technology-active time, it is clear to me now that I spend more time on my computer and phone than I do actually talking to people or eating food or exercising. That is absurd, yet a fact. It is very interesting to realize how my life has progressed with the ever-changing technological advances.