Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 58: Electronic Addiction

Greetings dear friends,
It has been a while since I shared a post here on this platform and in this community due to the current engagement I found myself. Thanks to God for the success so far. I want share my entry on the contest which we titled Electronic Addiction.

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Electronic Addiction is like a cancawarm which has eaten deep into the fabric of everyone in the world today because we all use electronic almost every moment and now that finances has also been shifted to this sector more users are becoming increasingly addicted.

Has Internet over usage affected your personal relationships or other important activities?

Yes, the over usage of the internet has at some point affected my activities and relationships with others. I will explain more clearly below. Whenever I'm working on the Steemit platform, I don't always like distraction and for that reason I focus so much in whatever I'm working on.

Now, this has affected my relationship in the sense that whenever I'm working and anyone is talking to me I mostly don't give a listening ear and for that reason a lot of persons feel bad that I'm ignoring them and that I'm feeling too big to relate to them.

This issues has come to my ear on several occasions. Someone said he was greeting me and I pretended as though I wasn't the person he was talking to. I knew that the person felt very bad and that is why he or she spoke out.

How long do you use your electronic devices in a day and how long do you stay away from electronics?

Well to be sincere, I don't have a specific time that I use my electronic or time that I stay aware from it. The only time I stay aware from my electronic is when I go to church, when I have my personal prayers, when I'm in an important meeting, when I'm teaching and when I'm sleeping.

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So among all the above mentioned, you will notice that in 24 hours, I may stay aware from my electronic for only about 8 hours and the remaining time of the day i.e 16 hours I stay with my electronic. Since I learn and earn using this device of mine I always use it everyday and that is why you see the number of hours I use it in a day is very high.

What are the side effects of electronic additions? Explain.

Indeed there are few side effects of electronic addiction and to me one of the major one is that it can cause you to lose your relationship with others because you may likely ignore them when you are doing anything that you feel is too important and can't attend to them.

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The case scenario I have shared with us above is a true life story and till this day I have created for myself enemies because of the addiction I had with my device. Also you may not be able to stay without it if anything happens for any reason.

When my phone was stolen, I couldn't help but to look for another phone immediately to keep my activities on the Steemit platform going. So your addiction can even lead you towards doing what you never intended to do.

In what ways can we prevent electronic addictions? (Explain 5 ways)

To prevent electronic addictions all you need to do is firstly have other things that you find joy in doing so that you won't fill Bord when your electronic is not with you.

Make sure you always stay with friends to discuss matters of concern in that way you may not need to have any thought of your device again.

Always also create out time for prayer because when you have time to make your prayers you won't get yourself addicted with your device.

Look also for other means of earning aside the online earning format in that manner you will be able to focus on doing other things and will not fall inro addiction.

Lastly, train yourself to become discipline enough to only use your electronic at the stipulated time and you shouldn't use another time meant for another thing.

In summary, that is what you need to do when powering up your Steem. I want to invite @waterjoe, @solaymann and @josepha