| Our society today has become so focused on | | | | though. |
| connecting with technology, connecting with other | | | | Or perhaps just having dinner with friends or having a |
| humans via technology, that we have almost lost all | | | | few drinks at a coffee shop will help you reconnect. |
| forms of fun. We no longer go outside the house as | | | | Try to take one or two nights a month to do |
| much as we used to. We don't talk to friends as much | | | | something fun like that. It doesn't have to be anything |
| as we used to. We use social networking sites to chat | | | | expensive or too time-consuming. Just do something |
| with friends instead of talking to them on the phone. | | | | that takes you away from the internet and your |
| We text message and instant message and check | | | | connection to technology. |
| emails twenty times a day. But all of that connecting is | | | | Karaoke is always a blast, too, but like the movies, it's |
| separating us from relaxation, from fun, from actually | | | | hard to actually chat while you do that activity. Even if |
| connecting with other humans. | | | | you can't sing well, you can still go to a karaoke bar |
| Although social networking sites and instant messages | | | | and have a blast with your friends. |
| and text messages are good tools for staying in touch | | | | Getting out and trying other fun things like paintball |
| with friends, they shouldn't take the place of actually | | | | would be a way to reconnect. You can try a new |
| doing things. Getting outside of the house, even if it's | | | | sport that you've never done before, and have a blast |
| not out in nature on a hike or rafting trip, is something | | | | reconnecting with friends. Instead of shooting figures |
| our society doesn't get enough of. We need to do it | | | | on a TV screen via a video game, you are actually |
| more. Get out of the house. Go to the movies with | | | | shooting paint pellets at your friends or some other |
| friends. Meet for dinner or drinks. Karaoke with friends. | | | | opponent. |
| Or try your hand at paintball. | | | | Do something fun. Disconnect from the internet for one |
| Something as simple as going to the movies is a good | | | | evening. Actually reconnect with your friends. Go to |
| way to reconnect with friends. Movie theatres abound | | | | the movies, grab some dinner. Karaoke with your |
| across the US with a plethora of movies to choose | | | | friends. Or get outside and play some paintball. Do |
| from, no matter what your taste. Of course, movies | | | | something fun. The text messaging and video games |
| are mad to be watched, and it's hard to chat with your | | | | and internet will be there when you get back. Just try |
| friends while watching a movie. After the movie, you | | | | not to let all this technology overtake your life. |
| can grab a bite to eat or drink and discus the movie, | | | | |