As I've mentioned earlier in this blog I am born and raised in Sweden but spent a year in Israel on a program and now live in England. This means that I have been lucky to have friends spread out all over the world, literally. I've ended up with friends in Australia, Mexico, Sweden, Israel etc. I do find it difficult sometimes when I don't have all my friends in the same place and often have to make the decision to which country I should go to be able to see my friends. I mostly end up going to Israel where me and many of my friends meet up. It has even started to become a place for me to meet up with my Swedish friends, and hopefully my English friends during the summer.
It is difficult to keep in touch with everyone when you can't see them that often which has lead to me losing touch with some people. I hear from them now and then and if I see them I will stop and talk to them but it made me feel like I don't have the need to talk to them. I always have facebook where I can keep track on what they are doing. I know that is a bad effect and it's not really keeping in touch with them, but it is an opportunity to at least be aware if something major happens in their life.
Social media, however, has given me a chance to actually talk to some of my friends on weekly basis. I have an opportunity to chat with them everyday, skype with them from time to time and now with internet on my phone I can even text them whenever I want to. It definitely makes it easier for me to talk to my friends and update them about what is going on. If I go shopping I can send my friend a picture and ask for advice before I buy something. If I'm bored I can text or even call a friend in another country without paying loads of money.
Technology and social media has definitely affected my life and made it easier for me to be in one country with friends in many other countries but I can't say it's without negative result too. To be honest, I have become more lazy when it comes to keep in touch with many people because it feels like I know what is going on in their lives by only looking at their facebook profile. It's called facebook stalking and I am quite good at it.
I would say that you should learn from me in the way I use facebook, skype and other social media to keep in touch with my friend but learn from my mistake too. Don't be lazy and check other people's facebook instead of actually writing to them or calling them. Social media is a good way to keep in touch if we don't misuse it. Remember that people still have a face and you can only see it if you leave the screen for a while.
It is difficult to keep in touch with everyone when you can't see them that often which has lead to me losing touch with some people. I hear from them now and then and if I see them I will stop and talk to them but it made me feel like I don't have the need to talk to them. I always have facebook where I can keep track on what they are doing. I know that is a bad effect and it's not really keeping in touch with them, but it is an opportunity to at least be aware if something major happens in their life.
Social media, however, has given me a chance to actually talk to some of my friends on weekly basis. I have an opportunity to chat with them everyday, skype with them from time to time and now with internet on my phone I can even text them whenever I want to. It definitely makes it easier for me to talk to my friends and update them about what is going on. If I go shopping I can send my friend a picture and ask for advice before I buy something. If I'm bored I can text or even call a friend in another country without paying loads of money.
Technology and social media has definitely affected my life and made it easier for me to be in one country with friends in many other countries but I can't say it's without negative result too. To be honest, I have become more lazy when it comes to keep in touch with many people because it feels like I know what is going on in their lives by only looking at their facebook profile. It's called facebook stalking and I am quite good at it.
I would say that you should learn from me in the way I use facebook, skype and other social media to keep in touch with my friend but learn from my mistake too. Don't be lazy and check other people's facebook instead of actually writing to them or calling them. Social media is a good way to keep in touch if we don't misuse it. Remember that people still have a face and you can only see it if you leave the screen for a while.
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