24 Hours/1,440 Minutes/86,400 Seconds Without Technology

As an assignment my english teacher assigned the entire class to go an entire 24 hours without our

most used technology. Be it the computer, iPod, cellphone and whatever technological devises our

society uses these days. Personally I am always on my phone. Since I do not text as much as most

teenagers these days do I decided to cut out all social media because I use that most frequently. On

Friday, April 25th, I decided to cut all social media off and not log on or open any apps for an entire

24 hours as the assignment instructed. These 24 hours felt like an eternity. Not really but it felt like an

eternity when I would just sit down and not do anything.  Even with the distractions of being with my

friend I instantly got bored once I stopped doing something. I spent the night at my friends house

thursday night and woke up there friday morning. Naturally after opening my eyes, my hands

instinctively search the bed for my cell phone. Under the pillow, next to me, then the blankets until I

finally find it. I unlocked my phone, checked the time, and then automatically scrolled to find

instagram. Everday as soon as I wake up Instagram is the first social media app that I open.

Absentmindedly I opened the app and I started scrolling, I then realized that I was not supposed to be

on any social media networks for 24 hours. So reluctantly I closed the app and laid on my back and

looked at the ceiling. I quietly waited for a little until my friend awoke as well. In the mean time I

looked around and noticed the decorations in the room and the sounds of her father walking and

talking around the house on the other side of the closed door. Once we finally got out of bed, my

friend had to clean the whole house and cook. So of course I helped her and we cleaned the entire

house and got a lot done. More than we usually do to be honest. We blasted music as we cleaned the

whole house from top to bottom. From dusting, sweeping, mopping, washing dishes, washed clothes,

blankets and even cleaned her room! Which by the way is always a mess but as she was cleaning the

restroom I pretty much cleaned her entire room for her. I folded and put away all her clean clothes

that were sitting in the laundry basket for an entire week. I dusted, cleaned, reorganized, swept,

moped and threw her blankets and sheets into wash. I know for a fact that if I had my phone on me I

would have constantly stopped to check social media networks every 30 minutes or so and refresh the

feed constantly. Without the distractions that my phone held I was able to get a lot done. It felt good

to clean the entire house and get everything done. Her father was even impressed at how much we got

done in a few hours and at how clean the house was. As soon as we were done I sat on her bed and

went straight for my phone and as badly as I wanted to open up one of my many apps, I knew I

couldn't and it sucked. I felt bored because I did not know what else to do but just lay there and do

nothing since there was nothing else to do. I noticed we automatically turn to our phones as soon as

there is a moment of silence or a spark or boredom. Its crazy how dependent we are on todays

technology.