No technology for 12 hours
As I sat my phone on my desk I felt the stress of constantly checking my email, seeing if I had texts, and checking social media lift off my shoulders, is what no one says this day and age. It took three times to finally walk away from my phone and turn it off. The first time I tried, I walked back into my room and out of instinct I picked my phone up, and checked Instagram. It took me about twenty minutes to realize what I had done. The second time I simply gave in to temptation after just two hours. I finally shut the screen off and put it out of sight.
For most of the day I sat in my dorm doing homework and getting my readings done. The best part that came out of the project was I have my readings done for the next two weeks of my classes. Everything seemed to be going well till I had decided to go out with some friends. As we sat at dinner everyone was on their phones and talking about so and so's Snapchat story. I felt left out at moments and that I was missing something. At point they would notice and put their phones away, but would them out at the next awkward silence. After dinner, when we all went to our dorm, was better. Everyone seemed to be laughing and enjoying everyone's company. It was actually really nice to sit their and the topic of conversation be what someone tweeted. My English teacher my junior year of high school did a similar project to this except we gave up technology for a week. I had a lot of the same feelings for the twelve hours and the week. The beginning is the worst part, but once you get past the initial boredom and you find something to do, the project is almost enjoyable.
After the first two hours I really didn't miss my phone, but if I had to say a media I missed the most it would have been Instagram, and Snapchat. My friends know that i'm constantly switching from Instagram and Snapchat, and for the few hours I couldn't be on it I felt myself constantly asking "I wonder what everyone was doing?". I noticed in that moment that for myself a way of connecting with my friends and to see what they were up to was through these medias. I relied on them to tell me if my friends were busy or not. I always check these medias to see if my friends were out or not before I texted them. I felt almost nervous asking my friends to hangout because I had no idea if they were busy or not, I had no way of checking.
On the other side I never felt myself missing Twitter or even texting. I get on titter multiple times a day and I text people constantly but when I got my phone back I didn't get back on twitter till the next day. Texting has always been a burden to me. People get their feelings hurt if you don't respond to them quick enough, o the response seem's harsh. I have always hated having to text people because I felt it was always being forced. So when I twelve hours with my phone I was most excited about having an excuse to not respond.
As a whole I felt that the project showed me that yes I do value certain medias more than others, but I also can live without them. It was a challenging project, like I knew it would be, but I really enjoyed it. I defiantly learned that I over obsess certain medias, and over think other ones. It would be easy for me to say that media is ruining society, but in reality we are in a world that revolves around technology. Media has had a negative impact on society but it has also helped us advance in the world.
After the first two hours I really didn't miss my phone, but if I had to say a media I missed the most it would have been Instagram, and Snapchat. My friends know that i'm constantly switching from Instagram and Snapchat, and for the few hours I couldn't be on it I felt myself constantly asking "I wonder what everyone was doing?". I noticed in that moment that for myself a way of connecting with my friends and to see what they were up to was through these medias. I relied on them to tell me if my friends were busy or not. I always check these medias to see if my friends were out or not before I texted them. I felt almost nervous asking my friends to hangout because I had no idea if they were busy or not, I had no way of checking.
On the other side I never felt myself missing Twitter or even texting. I get on titter multiple times a day and I text people constantly but when I got my phone back I didn't get back on twitter till the next day. Texting has always been a burden to me. People get their feelings hurt if you don't respond to them quick enough, o the response seem's harsh. I have always hated having to text people because I felt it was always being forced. So when I twelve hours with my phone I was most excited about having an excuse to not respond.
As a whole I felt that the project showed me that yes I do value certain medias more than others, but I also can live without them. It was a challenging project, like I knew it would be, but I really enjoyed it. I defiantly learned that I over obsess certain medias, and over think other ones. It would be easy for me to say that media is ruining society, but in reality we are in a world that revolves around technology. Media has had a negative impact on society but it has also helped us advance in the world.
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