12 Hour Day With Out Social Media

A 12 hour day without any social media was actually very difficult for me. I am constantly on my phone, checking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, and even texting, wondering what everyone else is up to throughout the day. I think no texting for 12 hours was the most difficult for me, I am always texting someone, or texting someone back. I felt very out of the loop, and very isolated from not being able to do this. Though at the same time life without social media for just 12 hours was beneficial, relaxing and engaging as well. 

By not using social media for this time, it allowed me to be more aware of what people were talking about, engaging in conversations more and being able to just talk rather than looking at my phone and making the other person feel that I am ignoring them by looking at something else. I also feel this way when I did not have a phone, people would always be on their phone when I was talking or trying to ask a question and I would have to repeat myself multiple times in order to get the message through or for them to finally understand what I was asking. This allowed me to see how I must come across to others when I do this to them. By not being on my phone most of the day it also allowed me to be more aware of my surroundings and to just relax and be in the moment without worrying about social media drama. 

Throughout this project I came up with why life is a lot better without social media, here are a couple examples I came up with. You don't have to constantly compare your life to others, it feels so good to just focus on what is going on in you're life rather than comparing your life to anthers such as achievements that they have accomplished. Another example is, you become more sociable, the phone is like a crutch is it always there yet it is not always great it creates a less sociable environment because people rely on talking through the phone rather than face to face. And finally I have found that I do not procrastinate as much when social media is not around, whenever I am doing homework, I was seem to be side tracked by Facebook or other social media sites which makes the process of competition longer than it took me to complete the same assignment when I was not side tracked by Facebook. 

Overall, this assignment was very beneficial for me, it allowed me to see what people my perceive me as when I am constantly on the phone, it also showed me how much of a distraction it is for me especially when I am completing assignments, how more sociable I become throughout this 12 hour period, and finally it helped me not to compare my self to others but to pay attention more to myself.