Day 1: Life Without Facebook
It is late at night and still going strong. I have not accessed Facebook on my phone or on my laptop at all today. The biggest test came when I was home for the evening after a day of classes and rehearsals. My roommate was sitting next to me, clicking away on Facebook at this person’s page and that person’s status. This exposure unfortunately broke my Facebook detox. Seeing that website was just unavoidable.
Day 2: Only the Strong Survive
Today I wanted to further challenge myself. So I basically made it through the day without Facebook, but would I be able to say the same about my BlackBerry?
Two hours into the morning I receive a call from my mom. BlackBerry detox has already failed.
All right it was my mom, there has to be some leeway. Continue with my day, no BlackBerry messaging, no text messaging, none of it can be done.
Until I finish my Composition class and find a smiley face with an asterisk and three envelops with red asterisks at the top of my phone. This is not good. This means one thing and one thing only – I have three new text messages and a new BlackBerry message.
I sat there and watched as all of my friends went typing away on their phones. What would you do? Placing my phone back in my bag, with the thought, out of sight, out of mind. This was completely false. It was all I could think about!
Approximately fifteen minutes elapsed and I caved in, I checked my messages. I later saw a friend whose message I had not immediately read and she commented on how I had not answered her as quickly as she anticipated. Clearly others are aware of my attachment.
Evidently staying off of my phone for an entire day is impossible for me and I am sure many others. However, this exercise has taught me that there are certain instances where you could keep off your phone. You could possibly keep the conversation with someone to a minimum or not initiate conversation with others via your phone. We could try meeting and having a conversation, how weird!
Who knows what interesting things may occur from simply stepping away from the phone.
