A day Without Technology

A Day Without Technology....More Like an Hour Without Technology...

Today, our comm 350 instructor assigned our class to an experiment: make it through the day without using any technology. As you'd imagine, the class laughed and looked amused by the mere idea of spending the day without their beloved technological companions. However, I felt that I wasn't too dependent upon any technology as I don't have cable, or the internet at my home and hence, it isn't tempting me all hours of the day. Despite this, it was a much more difficult task than I'd imagined. Here is my reflection on my day without technology...

The day began well, I actually used my alarm clock, for the first time in a longggg long time. This in fact, was probably the most effective way for me to get up as I cannot easily grab my phone and "silence" or "snooze" it. Hence, I actually woke up at the first alarm and didn't go back to bed. However, I had a group meeting set at 9:30 am and when my group member had yet to show up at 9:45 I had to text him to see where he was. It turns out, he thought our meeting was scheduled for 9:30pm when I thought it was scheduled for 9:30am. Following this, I decided to continue my experiment of spending time without technology, as I had a minor slip up, a necessary one but still a slip up. However, I was determined to make it through the day without feeling disgruntled.

Following this, I went to work at 12:00 and continued for the following 5 hours without even looking at my telephone. This was a much easier task when I was at work, distracted by the busy environment. Throughout this time, I found that I spent time where I would have been texting in the back, cleaning, stocking, and communicating more with my customers overall. I didn't get off work until 5:15 and ran home to shower and change my clothes and ran back out the door 30 minutes later for comm 350. Thus far, it has been a successful day without technology. 

    

 The key term being, 'thus far'... its still early.... Talk to you next week bloggers!

PS: I challenge you all to the same experiment. Or to at least visit this site our professor provided for us. Click on the link to visit! I wish you more luck than I had on my day without technology...:-) 
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