{"id":2650,"date":"2024-01-02T15:41:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:33:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:33:33","slug":"red-turns-to-yellow-turns-to-green-the-ticking-traffic-lights-of-our-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/2024\/01\/02\/red-turns-to-yellow-turns-to-green-the-ticking-traffic-lights-of-our-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Red, turns to yellow, turns to green: The ticking traffic lights of our happiness."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2650\" class=\"elementor elementor-2650\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fffbed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fffbed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31f47df\" data-id=\"31f47df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0390d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0390d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trafficlight-inline.jpg.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2669\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-590049d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"590049d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a75fd0\" data-id=\"3a75fd0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ce62bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ce62bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Red<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">: Stop.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji';\">\ud83d\udd34<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">We were given restrictions against technology, no matter how much it made our lives easier. Parents used to restrict the use of technology. Technology was just another addiction waiting to destroy our eyesight and dim our brain cells.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Yellow<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">: Slow down\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji';\">\ud83d\udfe1<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">We slowly started letting digital devices into our lives and started accepting the change technology brought with it. We started welcoming the evolving technology, ready to see what electronics can give us. We removed the red sign and replaced it with a tentative, hesitant yellow one. We understood that it is a part of our lives and is only there to make our lives better. Technology is nothing but a door to a better future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Green<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">: Go\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji';\">\ud83d\udfe2<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The yellow light soon turns to green, believing\u00a0technology to be beneficial.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">In today&#8217;s world, technology has become a necessity for us. It is so deeply embedded in our lives that a lot of things are not possible without the help of electronics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The smile on the face of a mother while talking to her child in Canada, the happiness in the heart of a girl talking to her boyfriend thousands of miles away. The laughter of a soldier talking to his family far away and being able to see their faces and hear their voice instead of just conversing through letters. The laughter and happiness spread by the high-tech world is something that was never anticipated by us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Humans are social beings and it is essential for them to converse with other people. Covid was a big part of why we use social media to help us connect with the whole world. Quarantine lead to people talking to their families over video calls, and having formal meetings for work. It turned the world upside down as the whole world was working online. This need for connection turned into online games and trivia nights. Zoom and Skype calls made us feel closer to our families. Even in the domain of psychology, a significant change was brought about. Prior to the pandemic, people were less aware of their mental health. Covid changed this perception as we entered a realm where psychological help was not viewed as a stigma but was readily accepted. People started taking online therapies and were more aware of their mental health than before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Technology gives us happiness in different ways, the hesitation has turned into the readiness of accepting new updates in technology. It has been incorporated into the lives of people of all ages. A child playing video games, a teenager making friends, an adult dating, and a senior citizen preserving touch with his old friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The changing shades of green, are a symbol of evolving traffic lights of happiness.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; margin-bottom: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Roboto; color: #7a7a7a;\">Aditi Sonthalia<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; margin-bottom: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Roboto; color: #7a7a7a;\">Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; margin-bottom: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Roboto; color: #7a7a7a;\">(Batch 2025)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; margin-bottom: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Roboto; color: #7a7a7a;\">Email id- 22jspc-asonthalia@jgu.edu.in<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red: Stop.\u00a0\ud83d\udd34 We were given restrictions against technology, no matter how much it made our lives easier. Parents used to restrict the use of technology. Technology was just another addiction waiting to destroy our eyesight and dim our brain cells.\u00a0 \u00a0 Yellow: Slow down\u00a0\ud83d\udfe1 We slowly started letting digital devices <a href=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/2024\/01\/02\/red-turns-to-yellow-turns-to-green-the-ticking-traffic-lights-of-our-happiness\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2672,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions\/2672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jspc\/studentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}