HW # 9 - Video Project GHIJK for Aja

Thank you for your nice comment, although I think you are giving me too much credit for staring at a screen. I think you also give me too much credit for having good balance in my life.

You've made me think that even though I get a lot more physical activity than a lot of people who play video games and are on facebook etc., I think I maybe get too much physical activity with so many hours each week spent with soccer/dance training, and soccer games. I don't have that much "hanging out" time which can be healthy as well.

I also like your question about who has a say about the balance in our lives. We're teenagers, so we are beginning to express our independence. But, I think that when we teens tend to overdose on the usage of digital devices that parents should get involved enough to point out that we need more time spent on physical exercise and seeing friend and family face to face.

As you suggested, can we even answer the question "what is the perfect balance in our lives?" I'm not sure that we can but I do think that you should be able to know yourself well enough by this time in your life that you should be alert to overuse of digital devices. Say when you realize its already 4:30 in the morning and your eyes are bloodshot with purple bags sagging under them, and you remember that you spent 3 hours online, followed by 3 houes of video games, followed by 4 hours of television. Time for a slight adjustment in lifestyle.

Thanks, Aja, for giving me more to think about on the subject of balance in our lives.