Today was the first day of my week going without digital technology. It was a tough first day and I felt really disconnected from everybody. The started off in the morning when I woke up at 10:11 AM already late for my 10 AM comm. 2P90 class. I was unable to awake on time, because I usually have an alarm set on my iphone, which will remain off for a week. I packed my notebook, instead of the usual laptop I would carry with me to take notes for school. Then I rushed to school to make it for comm. 2P90, I had arrived to class at 10:40 AM, extremely late but made it none the less. During class I instinctively would grab for my phone and pat down my pockets but to no avail, because my phone was at home in my room powered off. For a while I felt like something was missing, like a piece of me that felt so natural was no longer there. I also had to study for my quiz that was scheduled for 7 pm the conventional way of using a textbook. I would have usually read the slides on a computer online document. I wanted to text, or call up some people to study with from my class. However I had no way of getting a hold of them without my cell phone. I continued reading for my quiz, from the textbook. As I walked the halls, I would see people that I knew and talk to them. At times in breaks of the conversation they would whip out their phones and start dialing, or texting or some activity. It felt weird with these pause breaks where people would take out their phones. I was unable to do the same. When I went to my class for 7 to take the quiz, two of my class mates had asked where I was, and why I didn’t answer my phone. They said they wanted to know if there was a quiz today, and if I had lost my cell phone, or changed me number. I told them simply that I left my phone at home. Needless to say I, felt like I did fairly well on the quiz. I went home, and saw my roommates watching TV in the living room, I just passed by them, and proceeded to use the stove to make some dinner. After that I went to my room, turned on the light, and started writing down my experience day of no digital technology in my notebook.
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