Can We Live Better LIves With Less Clutter

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Everyone would be much happier living with less and eliminating some bad habits. Many of us have cluttered our lives with technology and bad habits, seeking to improve our lives with material things that in a few months will be technologically out dated. Bad habits I’ve developed over the years also cluttered my life, which I didn’t realize until I stopped them. Simply by changing my habits and spending less time playing games would I’m sure make me happier and healthier.
Our Play Station 2 single handedly waste a great amount of time I could be spending together with my family. I really enjoy disconnecting from the world outside whatever particular game I am playing. Just the intrigue of being the W.W.F Champion or being a spy for the government is undeniable. Sometimes I become too tied to the game I am playing. This only adds to the amount of time I spend playing that particular game, which of course adds to the amount of time away from my family. Eliminating the Play Station 2 would give me more quality time to spend with my family talking or just being in the same room.
Computers and the Internet are also technologies that use up time with my family. Having the world at my finger tips is all the motivation that I need to spend hours upon hours “surfing the net”. I find myself doing more and more homework on the computer using Microsoft Word or researching on the Internet. As online classes are becoming more and more popular, I’ve taken many, and believe me they are time consuming. I can now pay bills on-line, I have bought many of my school books on-line, all of this just taking time away from what’s really important in my life, my family. In today’s society Computers and the Internet are a necessary evil. I must constantly tell myself to use self control so as not spend too much time on them.
If I could do away with all of my bad habits, I’d be a much happier man. I have way too many bad habits to name them a...