Hey, Maslow!

When I saw this, I couldn't help but laugh with the realization on how true it is! How many of us can't last a day without checking Facebook, sending out e-mail, playing online games, chatting with far-away friends, and browsing through the gazillion of websites available through the internet.

Abraham Maslow said that one is not motivated to address higher-level needs without fulfilling, at least partially, the needs found at the lower portions of his or her pyramid. And that our whole life is a slow but definite journey to reach the peak of self-actualization!

And so because the internet is constantly offering new things every single moment, things that I find hard to keep up with but try to anyway, I wonder now whether this need to be take it all in will ever be met. I question whether it can really take precedence over my need to eat, to feel safe, to be loved, to be held in high esteem by others, to be creative, etc. And because I spend a tremendous amount of time using the internet, much more than I should, I am starting to believe that it possibly can.

Oh, no! Does this mean good-bye to Self-actualization?!





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