Off late, I've been addicted to reading. Not to books. They are always at bay when it comes to opening up my laptop. For them being the lone companion which they excel at.

But my reading refers to the internet. The various links posted by people on their profiles. Facebook. Twitter. G+. Blogger. Reader. Reddit. You name it! And it all reasons to the level of following patterns that you have.

Whom do we follow? Typically the ones whom we can identify ourselves..

Argh! We do. Even if we don't admit.

And how do we follow? Via the virtual world of invisible people, myriad junkies and connected digital networks.

Alright. So now, we have a list. A list of people who we believe, can be a mirror image of ourselves. And so pours in the various idiosyncrasies of opinions, news and views. Tons of people. And thus, tons of views. Tons of thoughts. Tons of blogs. Tons of styles. All of them sounding sensible. And you start pondering over the clock on your desktop toolbar wondering when the heck did it jump so fast.

You must be getting an idea of what am I talking about. If no, then re-read this from above to follow completely. It just shows that you've got insaner by the day.

Going further on the mayhem, take Facebook for example. Till the stupid videos and photos appeared, it looked dumb. And now, after customizing them to filter them out and show only reading links, the reading loop repeats!

Oblivious to the fact that the workload increases exponentially. Yes! Once the links are out on your browser, the urge to read them till the final full stop never ceases and then yapping over to social sites to check if your views matched with others. Beating round the bush, again!

And nowadays, weekends end up just scanning these all the way, leading to loss of sleep time and the lovely television boredom movies which you ritualized since you grew up. And we all wonder why Mondays appeared sooner!

And now follows the usurping advice.

1. Curb down dailies and news sites: They gobble up on much of the energy making you to think and start a small debate on some groups and forums leading to a conclusion which, you could only synchronize with. Tons of current affairs happen and you have quite a very large set unless you choose smartly.

2. Tech Forums: These are the nastier lot. Most of the tech punks are out there just to make news out of every crap they incur after exercising their brains. Who cares if you need a button on your mobile that can post links to sites which you are not even bothered looking at! Anything that is significant in your line of work that could be beneficial is a smarter choice!

3. Link posters: Another bunch of time wasters. I'm unable to imagine the time they get to sit, read patiently amid their daily chores and seek for a review! You start to feel laid back by such with the knowledge they possess. Fact is, ignore them. It isn't worth the price of your time.

To conclude, read when you have nothing in the world to do. Better to shed when you have some prior goals set. And dedicate some time onto them.

The links shall appear whenever you continue to track your statuses.

Whenever.

Dum Dum. * * PS: I just read The God of Small things by Arundhati Roy. And so the inspiration.