This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at MMM chapter.
In an effort to try to find some independence from the iPhone that is usually glued to my side, I decided to set out on my average day without my beloved cellphone. To document the experience, I listed my many thoughts throughout the day below.
- This is going to be fine. I’m an independent woman and I don’t need an iPhone.
- But, leaving my phone on the dresser just felt so wrong.
- How am I supposed to know if there’s an emergency?
- What if the zombie apocalypse happens today???????????
- Listening to the sounds of the city… totally not a substitute for Ed Sheeran.
- It’s amazing the things Spotify can tune out.
- Like the sound of children screaming.
- Using a real live credit card to buy my Dunkin iced tea. This is new.
- Almost to school, I’m really doing it.
- I am here to LEARN without distractions.
- Wait, what am I going to do during the 15-minute class break??
- Doodle in my notebook. That’s what I’m going to do.
- Did doodling die out because of cellphones?
- Yet another way the youth is creatively suppressed by technology.
- Ok, class is over. I have made it.
- Me saying goodbye to everyone who did not just complete this fantastic test of will:
- Next challenge = the subway.
- This is going to be brutal.
- Oh no, I can’t pretend not to hear the people asking for money.
- I am SO BORED. This train is moving SO SLOW.
- Let me off of this rattling death trap.
- Probably a bad idea to go somewhere I’ve never been before without a GPS.
- My sense of direction can kick in anytime now…
- I can practically hear my dad saying, “What do you think we did when I was a kid?”
- Made it to my destination without having to ask for help so I’m feeling very accomplished.
- The sight of home is so welcome and honestly I can’t wait to get my hands on my precious little iPhone AND I’M NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT.
- Well, maybe a little ashamed.
- It was nice for a few minutes to be phone-free, but at this point I’m feeling pretty out of the loop with the entire world.
- …and I have no new texts. Surprise, surprise.
- 0/10 will not try this experiment again.
- The plus side is now I have a whole day of social media to catch up on.