Stay Connected Syndrom..

I am sure you all must have experienced what I'm going to talk about here... and I got this from Nalini's article..

Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few seconds. I
thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not
used my iPod in last 6 months. And then more things, Handy cam in last 2
years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and
many more. Now I can say that I bought that Handy cam just out of
impulse, I have used it twice only in last 4 years.

So, whats wrong and where? When I look at myself or my friends I can see
it everywhere.We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and
not happy for the things we dont have. You have a WIRA, but you want
City, You have a City, but you want BMW. Just after buying a new phone,
we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house,
more money. I mean, these examples are endless. The point is, does it
actually worth? Do we ever think if we actually need those things before
we want them?

After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I dont. May be I
didnt need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player. When I see my
father back at home. He has a simple crt color tv, he doesnt need 32"Sony
LCD wall mount. He has a cellphone worth RM300. Whenever I ask him to
change the phone, he always says Its a phone, I need this just for
calls.And believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those
limited resources and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is
happy with so little is that he doesn?ft want things in life to make it
luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life
easier. Its a very fine line between these two, but after looking my
fathers life style closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but!
not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32"plasma. He needs a car but
not an expensive one.

Initially I had lot of questions.

I am earning good, still I am not happy...why ?

I have all luxuries, still I am stressed........... why ?

I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired...... why?

I met lot of people, I thought over it again and again, I still don?ft
know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. I
realize that one thing which is keeping me stressed is the stay
connected syndrome. I realized that, at home also I am logged in on
messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on the top of
that, the windows mobile is not letting me disconnected. On the weekend
itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls?c and that is keeping my mind
always full of stress. I realized that I am spending far lesser money
than what I earn, even then I am always worried about money and more
money. I realized that I am saving enough money I would ever need,
whenever needed. Still I am stressed about job and salary and spends.

May be, many people will call this approach not progressive attitude,
but I want my life back.Ultimately its a single life, a day gone is a
day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, Ill never be happy
tomorrow morning. I finally realized that meeting friends, spending
quality time with your loved ones; spending time with yourself is the
most important thing. If on Friday you are alone and you don?ft have
anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is
wasted. May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future
goal in the light of todays happiness is a worthwhile thing to do. May
be selling off your WIRA and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good
idea. I believe putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we
need to make.

I think, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is
re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our
life and people associate with it.