Well, three of you will done with your 48 hour cell phone hiatus in a little over two hours. The rest of you still have a grueling 24 hours without your precious cellular device.
I'm not dying exactly; however, I won't deny the fact that it stays on my mind. I just feel so disconnected from everyone and everthing going on, I'm not sure what to do with my time.
When I have my cell I can go clothes shopping before dinner and not feel pressured because I would text my mom and tell her when I'd be home. With not having a phone, I freak out, thinking she'll freak out thus I go straight home. I know your thinking, "Why not just use the store phone?" BECAUSE! If i do that I'll feel like a loser and I'll think the store clerk will be thinking that I'm a loser, just because everyone should have a phone. We live and breathe technology in this generation. Seems petty and pathetic, but completely honest.
In one word I can sum up how this torture makes me feel: volnurable.
Hmm not having my cellphone. WOW! That's all I can say. I mean I have to actually look at the clock in classrooms now to check the time. It feels so weird. It is as if I am disconnected from everyone around me. I mean not being able to talk to my friends at night unless I use my land line is just crazy. By doing this little experiment I have learned that I really need my phone to feel connected to people and to say connected with the rest of the world.
Oh and apparently I love my phone so much I had a dream relating to it. My dream was that I broke into the school to get my phone back. Now I would never actually do that, but dreaming about it makes me wonder....Wow am I really this obsessed with my phone?
I cannot handle this anymore. I missed my phone the second I gave it to Mr. Reynolds. I hate being disconnected from my life. I can't check twitter or facebook instantly and I cannot see who is texting me. I feel like an outcast and unsocial. I'm so used to being connected to my friends at all times that I feel like I'm missing out on things. It's crazy how one little device affects my life so much. I'll probably even go to sleep early tonight. Class is boring without cellphones too. I fell asleep in one today while we were watching a movie (not College Comp. 2) but that probably wouldn't happen if I had my phone because I'd be entertained by it. I don't know what to do tonight and if I'm late for class tomorrow it's not my fault, Mr. Reynolds took my alarm clock. I hate this dumb project and want my phone back now! I'm dying here!!
I'm having a love/hate relationship without my phone. I hated not having it last night on the bus and throughout some of my classes, not being able to check the time or twitter, and to thank my "imaginary" boyfriend for the roses he sent me for valentines day. But yet, I love not having to worry about where it is, and it distracting me from something that I am working on. It's an experience I'll most likely not have to go through again so it's kind of cool to remember what it was like back when I used to not have a phone. I do feel like I am missing out on my social life, but I actually used my land line and facebook instant messaging instead!
I have learned a lot from not having my iPhone glued to my hand all day, everyday. It has taught me a lot about my values of things other than my cell phone. I never thought that not having my cellphone for a few days could make me appreciate my friends so much. With my phone, I can constantly be texting, or tweeting them. Without my phone, I realize the huge role that they play in my life. It's crazy. I also have come to realize that I have now have far to much time to think about my own life, rather than reading Twitter and Facebook and thinking about someone else's. I've went to bed thinking about my own day, and reflecting on the decisions that I made throughout that particular day. I found it quite sad that I couldn't be Tweeting, playing Words With Friends, Texting, and having the entire web at the touch of a button. It has mainly taught me about how many things I take for granted and don't realize the true importance of them all because I am so distracted from my cell phone. Will it change? Probably not, I'm a millennial.
I'm not dying exactly; however, I won't deny the fact that it stays on my mind. I just feel so disconnected from everyone and everthing going on, I'm not sure what to do with my time.
ReplyDeleteWhen I have my cell I can go clothes shopping before dinner and not feel pressured because I would text my mom and tell her when I'd be home. With not having a phone, I freak out, thinking she'll freak out thus I go straight home. I know your thinking, "Why not just use the store phone?" BECAUSE! If i do that I'll feel like a loser and I'll think the store clerk will be thinking that I'm a loser, just because everyone should have a phone. We live and breathe technology in this generation. Seems petty and pathetic, but completely honest.
In one word I can sum up how this torture makes me feel: volnurable.
Hmm not having my cellphone. WOW! That's all I can say. I mean I have to actually look at the clock in classrooms now to check the time. It feels so weird. It is as if I am disconnected from everyone around me. I mean not being able to talk to my friends at night unless I use my land line is just crazy. By doing this little experiment I have learned that I really need my phone to feel connected to people and to say connected with the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteOh and apparently I love my phone so much I had a dream relating to it. My dream was that I broke into the school to get my phone back. Now I would never actually do that, but dreaming about it makes me wonder....Wow am I really this obsessed with my phone?
I cannot handle this anymore. I missed my phone the second I gave it to Mr. Reynolds. I hate being disconnected from my life. I can't check twitter or facebook instantly and I cannot see who is texting me. I feel like an outcast and unsocial. I'm so used to being connected to my friends at all times that I feel like I'm missing out on things. It's crazy how one little device affects my life so much. I'll probably even go to sleep early tonight.
ReplyDeleteClass is boring without cellphones too. I fell asleep in one today while we were watching a movie (not College Comp. 2) but that probably wouldn't happen if I had my phone because I'd be entertained by it.
I don't know what to do tonight and if I'm late for class tomorrow it's not my fault, Mr. Reynolds took my alarm clock. I hate this dumb project and want my phone back now! I'm dying here!!
I'm having a love/hate relationship without my phone. I hated not having it last night on the bus and throughout some of my classes, not being able to check the time or twitter, and to thank my "imaginary" boyfriend for the roses he sent me for valentines day. But yet, I love not having to worry about where it is, and it distracting me from something that I am working on. It's an experience I'll most likely not have to go through again so it's kind of cool to remember what it was like back when I used to not have a phone. I do feel like I am missing out on my social life, but I actually used my land line and facebook instant messaging instead!
ReplyDeleteI have learned a lot from not having my iPhone glued to my hand all day, everyday. It has taught me a lot about my values of things other than my cell phone. I never thought that not having my cellphone for a few days could make me appreciate my friends so much. With my phone, I can constantly be texting, or tweeting them. Without my phone, I realize the huge role that they play in my life. It's crazy. I also have come to realize that I have now have far to much time to think about my own life, rather than reading Twitter and Facebook and thinking about someone else's. I've went to bed thinking about my own day, and reflecting on the decisions that I made throughout that particular day. I found it quite sad that I couldn't be Tweeting, playing Words With Friends, Texting, and having the entire web at the touch of a button. It has mainly taught me about how many things I take for granted and don't realize the true importance of them all because I am so distracted from my cell phone. Will it change? Probably not, I'm a millennial.
ReplyDelete