For living in a world where we can know everything about the far reaches of the planet in the time it takes for Google to load our search options, we are an incredibly limited generation.While we have all the tools and technologies to be limitless human beings with infinite knowledge, we abuse it to watch cat videos and amass hundreds of followers on Tumblr.This is my generation of inactive voyeurs.Girls and guys dedicate hours of time primping and editing carefully planned out Instgram/Facebook profile/Twitpic pictures to sum up their lives for the consumption of other people. Instead of experiencing something simply, we’re drawn to bottling it digitally for someone else to see.The goal is to be perceived to be a certain way. People post pictures of themselves at parties with friends, at the bar with a beer or anytime their hair looks good, just so we, the infinite audience of the Internet, will gratify them. Through liked pictures, shared posts, comments and retweets we live our lives to gratify an invisible audience.We have forgotten how simple and beautiful life is and what we can do with it.If people believe in a cause they follow a page and like the posts, but very rarely do people donate money or offer their services. Retweeting something, while a helpful way to share knowledge, is not monumental to affecting change.While I do acknowledge the power of social media and voices, sharing information isn’t enough.I recall Oprah toting the self-help book “The Secret” circa 2006. The book suggested that by just thinking a lot about being thinner, someone can lose weight through positive thinking.That is ridiculous. Thoughts may motivate you to action, but if there is no second step, no follow through, you’re accomplishing nothing.That is the same way the Internet tricks us into thinking we’re living a life of activity.Amassing hundreds of DIY projects on Pinterest doesn’t make the project for you. Dedication and working with your hands does that.My co-editor, Nicole Chynoweth, once accurately compared Pinterest to online hoarding.People spend hours surfing through pictures of things they won’t make, won’t bake and won’t ever buy just to keep these crafts and designs on a virtual pin board so they can reflect and admire.To me, these people are screaming, “Look at these things I have. They define what I like and who I am.”Our digital lives have become less of an occasional escape and more of a drain on our bearings in reality.We spend less time writing letters to friends, doing our hobbies, writing, thinking, making art, all the activities that enrich our lives.What will you do when you fill out a job application and have only one thing to say under the section for hobbies and interests: the Internet?It’s important to our personal growth and the progress of our culture to spend time thinking, making and doing. Instead of aiding us in these endeavors, the Internet gives us an easy way to avoid, check out and waste time.We have to go back to basics and unplug. Don’t tweet. Just do.