PicklePals by: Michael Griffiths, Cade Mecham, and Andrew Hansen
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Device Abstinence
So as an avid sports fan, I decided to strategically do my digital abstinence Tuesday-through Wednesday after the NCAA basketball championship game, and before the Masters golf tournament began.
The first thing that I noticed, is that I would normally grab my phone and surf scores and apps just to fill time. Not having this ability made it glaringly obvious how often I habitually do this. I normally grab my phone and get on the ESPN app and golf channel app various times a day for new information and analysis of different players. It felt really weird to be cut off from this type of information. I kept wondering what was new, and what was going on. I wondered various times who had called and who had sent text messages. Giving up this connectivity was rather difficult for me. It wasn't that long ago when we didn't have a cell phone on us 24/7 or even have one at all. I found myself, while using the restroom, reading air freshener cans and product ingredients. One big positive that I found is that the first night without digital devices I found that my productivity was increased by nearly double. it was common for me to sit down at the table to do homework and first check all my notifications. I would then do a little homework, and then find myself playing with an app for a bit. Without this ability I found myself on task with more consistency! I would still prefer to stay connected at all times but I could really benefit by putting devices away while I do homework from now on.
The second day without a digital device I did have to cheat a little bit, but with good reason. I had decided to keep my phone in my bag shut off, in case of emergencies. It so happened that I blew a tire on my way to work on Wednesday. No big deal, I decided that there was no reason to call anyone, I could hurry and put the spare donut on. Unfortunately I found that the donut tire was nearly flat, and I knew that I would blow the tire if I went to far without putting air in it. Very slowly I drove to the nearest gas station and to my despair the donut also blew right as I was turning into the gas station. I then was very glad I had the phone to call my wife for a ride to take the tire to a tire shop for a new one. I got to thinking what I would have had to do in that situation in the 80 's and early 90's. People didn't have cell phones, and I would have had to walk somewhere to try and find a phone. When I found a land line phone I would hope that my wife was home where she could answer. In this case she was not, she was at my daughters soccer game. I would be trying to call anyone else that I knew just to get a ride to the tire store.
The connectivity that we enjoy today is an incredible convenience that we take for granted many times. It can definitely be a distraction with apps and social media taking up much of out time, but as long as we try to keep that somewhat in check, I believe the connectivity is a huge blessing.
The first thing that I noticed, is that I would normally grab my phone and surf scores and apps just to fill time. Not having this ability made it glaringly obvious how often I habitually do this. I normally grab my phone and get on the ESPN app and golf channel app various times a day for new information and analysis of different players. It felt really weird to be cut off from this type of information. I kept wondering what was new, and what was going on. I wondered various times who had called and who had sent text messages. Giving up this connectivity was rather difficult for me. It wasn't that long ago when we didn't have a cell phone on us 24/7 or even have one at all. I found myself, while using the restroom, reading air freshener cans and product ingredients. One big positive that I found is that the first night without digital devices I found that my productivity was increased by nearly double. it was common for me to sit down at the table to do homework and first check all my notifications. I would then do a little homework, and then find myself playing with an app for a bit. Without this ability I found myself on task with more consistency! I would still prefer to stay connected at all times but I could really benefit by putting devices away while I do homework from now on.
The second day without a digital device I did have to cheat a little bit, but with good reason. I had decided to keep my phone in my bag shut off, in case of emergencies. It so happened that I blew a tire on my way to work on Wednesday. No big deal, I decided that there was no reason to call anyone, I could hurry and put the spare donut on. Unfortunately I found that the donut tire was nearly flat, and I knew that I would blow the tire if I went to far without putting air in it. Very slowly I drove to the nearest gas station and to my despair the donut also blew right as I was turning into the gas station. I then was very glad I had the phone to call my wife for a ride to take the tire to a tire shop for a new one. I got to thinking what I would have had to do in that situation in the 80 's and early 90's. People didn't have cell phones, and I would have had to walk somewhere to try and find a phone. When I found a land line phone I would hope that my wife was home where she could answer. In this case she was not, she was at my daughters soccer game. I would be trying to call anyone else that I knew just to get a ride to the tire store.
The connectivity that we enjoy today is an incredible convenience that we take for granted many times. It can definitely be a distraction with apps and social media taking up much of out time, but as long as we try to keep that somewhat in check, I believe the connectivity is a huge blessing.
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