Staring at my Phone

I saw a brilliant ad on TV the other day. It was for Indeed a job searching site. I’ll just let you watch it here.

It challenges the stereotype that just because my generation are on our phones a lot, sometimes we’re searching for things that are genuinely valuable.

See I love how this ad takes an assumption and flips it on its head for the better. I’ll admit I’m using technology a lot, while adding that I’m often using it for my job search or to create something, or learn something in general.

That said, this isn’t always the case, as you might have guessed. I would argue many kids (and young adults I’ll admit) are still on their phones too much, myself included. I see kids at the store on their mom’s phone, or I’ll see that a kid is carrying his own iPad somewhere. Kid’s don’t seem to use toys anymore, they have screens. I’m not a parent, but this makes me a little sad.

Phones have genuine value in our world, they’re amazing tools, we just have to understand that their power can be abused. I’ll be trying my best to have more self-control with technology.