So I have been more observant these days as I am trying to cleanse myself from the digital, cellphone, media word. Ironically I am on the computer writing this but felt if everybody is on their cellphone chances are they will read this and reflect upon their own behavior. 

I am writing this in LAX airport. I have walked literally from bathroom to my wife sitting about 20 feet from the bathroom and have already counted 30 people, 20 people on cell phones, 1 actually talking on the phone, and the rest reading some form of paper media, shocking I think not! 

People are obviously not emersed in their surroundings, shoot I have a baby trying to smile and giggle right in front of the guy and he doesn’t even realize my wife is breast feeding in front of him. Are we so cought up by stupid digital media. Is this the way humans are going to interact. 

We all need a digital cleanse even if it’s a few weeks. When hanging out with friends just have one bring a phone for emergencies. No phones while eating and don’t sleep by your phone. You are a slave to it, and it is consuming you, your children, and their way of expressing emotion on a most purest level. 

Even if you use your phone to wake you up just invest in a 5 dollar alarm clock. Stop the excuses and limit the digital stuff. Be more human, interact with a stranger, a wife, a husband. Increase your social network in reality. Not Facebook, instagram, etc. I believe Americans have about 1.5 friends per person. Let’s make this 10 or even 50! 

– Dr Sarela