A Day Without Technology

A few weeks ago I decided to go ahead and challenge myself to a day without technology. Every day, I see flocks of people attached to their cell phone or attached to their iPod, and I thought to myself, "Am I attached like some of these people are?" I decided to go ahead and see if I could manage my day without any technology at all. To my surprise after looking back on that day, I was extremely more relaxed and less stressed. I didn't have to shove my hand down my pocket if I felt a little vibration telling me that somebody was trying to tell me something. It was like I was in my own little world for the entire day, and it was wonderful.

However, once I got back to my room I was all of the sudden bored beyond belief. I didn't have my computer, my phone, or my television to keep me from being bored to tears. I also could not call anyone to see what they were doing and to see if they wanted to hang out. I ended up going on an hour walk by myself looking for people and looking for something to do. I must have picked a rough day because the campus was absolutely dead. I guess everybody decided to start studying a couple weeks before finals week.

After the long and excruciating day came to an end, I quickly turned on my phone and television to catch up on what the day had cooked up. To my surprise I had several messages asking what I was doing and if I wanted to go eat or go kick around the soccer ball. I guess communication has officially shifted over to technological communication, because without my phone, I would have never seen any of those messages asking me to hang out or do anything. What do you think about this use of technology?