I recently went a period of time without using my cell phone. Seems crazy, doesn't it? I was at the beach and I just decided I needed a sort of retreat for myself. The day before I went on my "phone fast," I found that, laying on the beach, I was constantly tweeting, texting, facebooking, checking the time, etc.. It seem like I was addicted to the feeling of being involved in social media, knowing what was going on with everyone I know (and even some I don't).
My decision to turn my phone off for an entire day ended up being an entire 3 days. I found the time, my texts, my calls, my emails, and everything else to be a lot less important than I thought it was. The first day I was reaching in my bag for my phone and begging my sisters to let me use theirs and I seemed to be having an anxiety attack from not having my cell phone on me. That drove me crazy. I knew I could do it. The desire I had to know what was going on with other peoples lives seemed so ridiculous to me.
I find now that I have been checking my phone a lot less than usual. One of the main reasons for that probably has to do with the fact that my boyfriend has been away and unable to communicate with me for the past week and I still have another week left. That's also been an experience for me. I never really knew how important his good morning and goodnight texts were and how important hearing "I love you" every day was to me. I really take advantage of everything I have and that's what I learned from not having my phone for those 3 days and not having my boyfriend/best friend to talk to and to hang out with for these 2 weeks.
I can't wait for him to come home. I can't wait to start noticing how great those little "I love you's" and good mornings and good nights really are.
My decision to turn my phone off for an entire day ended up being an entire 3 days. I found the time, my texts, my calls, my emails, and everything else to be a lot less important than I thought it was. The first day I was reaching in my bag for my phone and begging my sisters to let me use theirs and I seemed to be having an anxiety attack from not having my cell phone on me. That drove me crazy. I knew I could do it. The desire I had to know what was going on with other peoples lives seemed so ridiculous to me.
I find now that I have been checking my phone a lot less than usual. One of the main reasons for that probably has to do with the fact that my boyfriend has been away and unable to communicate with me for the past week and I still have another week left. That's also been an experience for me. I never really knew how important his good morning and goodnight texts were and how important hearing "I love you" every day was to me. I really take advantage of everything I have and that's what I learned from not having my phone for those 3 days and not having my boyfriend/best friend to talk to and to hang out with for these 2 weeks.
I can't wait for him to come home. I can't wait to start noticing how great those little "I love you's" and good mornings and good nights really are.
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