Being connected extends childhood. Just embrace it!

Ellen DeGeneres talked about the game, "Draw Something" on her show recently, and it got me to thinking of how being connected allows us to have more fun. It also gives your boss many more reasons to be on you about staying productive at work. Now instead of staring off or pretending to be busy you really are busy: playing a word, looking at the funny photo your friend just sent you, or drawing a silly picture to guess.

Are we really less productive from being too connected? Or are our brains just being occupied differently? Could some of us be more productive because we have a little reprieve from the painstaking “real world”? These questions have probably already been answered by some scientific study. Personally, I believe growing up is completely optional, so draw on!        

Quickly these games can turn into a distraction, such as when yours truly somehow ended up with ten scramble with friends games at one time… how did that happen? The lesson is being an adult is about self-control. As children our parents are the governing bodies over our time and priorities. I bet your boss is playing Draw Something too, you’ve just been working too hard to catch him.