Day 36

Task: Give up one electronic device for the entire day.



NOOOOOO!!!!!!! Please? Anything but that! I can't live without my computer or my cell phone!

Yeah, yeah, yeah I know what you're thinking. What's the big deal? Its only for a day and it only says one device. But here's the problem, I don't know which one is more important to me. Then, I decided when I woke up this morning that the first thing I go to check will be what I gave up for the day. And guess what? It was internet (facebook to be exact). But before I turned my laptop on, I realized what today was and forced myself to back away from the laptop. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do today. My younger sister joked that I must be addicted to the internet because I can honestly tell you I was facing withdrawal symptoms that I didn't know I could have. I was extremely jittery, anxious, and--to be perfectly honest-- I was kept having the itch to just give up and go back to the computer! Wow. Talk about crazy, huh? So, I mustered up enough strength to give it up for the rest of the day until around 10 o'clock... by then, I was on the verge of a mental breakdown!
Even though I was uncomfortable the whole day and didn't experience that much joy in giving up my internet, I realized that after the first few hours that it was very liberating to not have to check my email or facebook every twenty minutes (OK, that's an exaggeration but you know what I mean). So now its your turn! Turn off the television, leave behind your phone if you can... or be like me and step away from the computer so that you can experience life without them! Best of luck :)