Edge of Entertainment over Education:-
Wait a minute, consider your education versus enjoyment ratio in daily life. How much time do you devote to binge-watching TV shows, playing games, and scrolling through memes, and how much time do you devote to reading books? In general, binge-watching is regarded as a form of entertainment, while reading is regarded as a means of self-improvement. Although, some young people consider book reading as a form of personal growth as well as entertainment since it gives them pleasure.
Do entertainment industry workers have more earnings than those in the education industry?
According to studies, over 65 percent of 13–21-year-olds agree that they spend the majority of their time on the internet for entertainment purposes. And people's inclination for fun and pleasure automatically leads to higher earnings in the entertainment industry than in the education industry. The entertainment and education industries in the United States will contribute $717 billion and $1.96 billion, respectively, in 2021, according to Statista.
Young people prefer to spend the majority of their time on entertainment platforms such as Netflix, Hotstar, and Amazon Prime. Even 59% of them also accepted that they usually binge-watch on these platforms for the whole night and are totally addicted to it. This much addiction to entertainment is considered a distraction. People nowadays receive their work via emails and messages on the same device that they receive their Instagram and Facebook notifications. Enjoyment is also necessary to a point, as both education and entertainment are vital components of our mental well-being. As Orrin Woodward also quoted, "A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses on self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education."
When there are so many entertainment alternatives available on the Internet, there are also many opportunities to develop our abilities available on platforms like Udemy and Skillshare; it is entirely up to us how much time we want to spend on which kind of platform. To constrain yourself from prioritizing entertainment, you can turn off notifications for apps and remove them from the home screen you consider for your enjoyment and use the settings of an app timer for these apps.
-Nisha Upadhyay
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