Email
Email keeps us from having to go to the post office and drop our letters into a mail box. It also saves us from having to buy stamps. This is a great asset since the price of stamps seems to change every five minutes in the United States. Email provides that coveted instant gratification that we all love as well. Write the letter, click on send and within a few minutes the recipient is able to read what you wrote. Waiting and wondering periods have all but disappeared because of this one little piece of technology.
Banking
You can do all of your banking from the comfort of your home. If you have direct deposit and you want to pay your bills, you can do that very easily now. Paying your bills online takes away all the guess work. This is another situation of instant gratification. You know that the money has arrived at it's destination because you get a confirmation telling you so. There is no more worrying about whether it got there on time. Do you want to move money from your checking account to your savings? That's easy too, just click a few buttons and the job is done instantly. This is an amazing feature about the internet and it makes you wonder how people got everything done in the "good ole days".
Socializing
Socializing has never been easier. There are so many sites that allow you to meet new people. The reasons vary as to why people go to them. Whether it is to find the love of your life or to find an old friend, the internet has a place for you to find it.
Personal Information
This is one of the drawbacks about the internet. Our personal information is no longer ours. It is available to the entire world. Nearly anything that you want to know about a person can be found on the internet. That might sound great if you are looking for information on someone else. It could be quite a different story if the tables are turned though. There is no such thing as privacy anymore. Get used to it because it promises to only get worse along the way.
Knowledge Sharing
This is probably the best thing about the internet. People can and do share information on the internet. There are some things that only experience can teach you. People are willing to share their experiences with the world. There are great sources of reliable information flowing through the veins of the internet that give us unlimited help. All you have to do is it. Chances are you will find helpful information on whatever you want to know.
The internet has changed the world in so many ways. Although some of it is good and some of it is bad, one thing is for sure. The internet world isn't going anywhere anytime soon. If you don't know the wonderful World Wide Web for all that it has to offer, you should jump in the game. It's well worth the journey.
