Today is the final day of the week without digital technology. I must say I am excited and relieved, I’ve felt disconnected from everything this week. I had a hard time talking to anybody or meeting any of my group members. This morning I woke at 11:30 am. I did not get up right away; I wanted to sleep in as long as possible. I got out of bed at 2:00 pm. I decided that I would turn on my cell phone at 7:00 PM. I figured that 7:00 pm would be a good time to end the project and start talking to people again. For the whole day I didn’t go out, I just stayed in the house. Sitting around, reading my book, talking to my roommates, and bouncing a ball of the walls in my house. It was boring but eventually 7:00 pm rolled around the corner. I excitedly turned on my cell phone, my laptop, and started blasting music on my speakers from my iPod all at once. I’ve gotten a lot of messages from friends that I haven’t been in contact for a week. People were asking if I was even still alive. And what happened to my cell phone? I was even asked by my friend denzil if were even friends anymore. For 2 minutes incoming missed calls, and old text messages started coming into my phone, and I received a ton of notifications. It made me feel relieved that this entire time people were still trying to connect to me. It’s amazing how much people depend on digital technology to the point, that we depend on it to stay connected with our friends and family. I called my house to talk to my mom and dad. They said they had tried calling my cell phone many times. My dad was worried that I may have lost my cell phone, or gotten into some serious trouble. I explained to them my situation and they quickly calmed down. I spent the rest of the night catching up with all the people who texted me, and calling people back that had left me a voicemail. I also was able to scan and e-mail my material for a group project that was due Monday at 7 pm to my group partners. This was the end of the week going without digital technology. It was a very interesting experience, and I learned a lot from it.
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