By Adailton Batista
Will the excess information we receive for various mobile media, during the six, eight, or more hours of work, beyond those that arrive in the rest period, leave our mind tired and confused?
In the course of life, we may be surprised by a new syndrome, the “mobile notifications” Syndrome.
Prior to continuing on the reflection what the title suggests, I want to take another look at the meaning of the words: and notifications, as they appear in the dictionary.
Syndrome: Of Greek origin, “syndromé”, meaning “reunion”, a term used a lot in Medicine and psychology to characterize the set of signs and symptoms that define a certain pathology or condition.
Already the word notification, I think, more than knowing the definition, is a reality contained in almost everything we do. The word means the action and the effect of notifying–a verb that derives from the Latin “notificare” – that communicates formally a resolution or has an announcement with a certain purpose.
I don’t want to take a position with for or against the use of technology. But I want to open up discussion ofsome questions: How have we lived and what influences have the mobile notifications-brand new technologies – generated in our lives? How many notifications do we receive per day? Be they on a cell phone, other mobile devices or desktop computer? What can we read, absorb, reflect and respond to over the course of 24 hours.
It is the email that arrives in your Inbox, the whatsapp group that won’t stop beeping, the twitter feed of that journalist or personality that you follow, the meeting that is about to start, the picture of (a) boy or girl friend which was published on facebook, the warning of the application that it is time to drink water, take medicine. Anyway, during all the time that our mobile device is on, if we have not disabled the feature in the settings of the tools and applications, every minute a notification about something will come
According to scholars, a Sunday edition of major newspapers, contains more information than a 17th-century person received throughout his entire life.
The internet community itself found scientific research which claims that this excess of information may cause exhaustion in the central nervous system and in the brain.
Always I write articles from some experience that I live or realities that I notice. Therefore, I don’t delete anything I discussed.
I leave here some tips that I have adopted so we do not lose focus.
First: ask yourself what is essential. Later, develop the practice to disable notifications of groups (whatsapp, telegram, among other social networks).Remember: If someone wishes to speak with you during business hours, he or she will try other means, such as calling youl.
Second: don’t lose patience and peace because this or that person did not respond immediately to a message.
We need to be protagonists in the use of technology and information and, never be slaves to it. We are the ones who we need to make the rules!
* Adailton Batista is a missionary of the Canção Nova (New Song) community’s missionary, He is the Social Media Manager and Canção Nova Portal content producer.