I started to tackle this assignment by carefully planning
and preparing myself for the weekend of digital disconnect. First of all, I let all my friends and family
know beforehand that I will be restricted from the use of social networking.
Then I took my computer away from presence so that I won’t be tempted to use
it. Lastly, I printed out all my academic materials that needed to be studied
over the weekend. All of these restrictions were particularly difficult to
perform at this period because of Halloween gatherings and the fact that I had
a mid-term exam on Monday. On Friday
night, I was able to relate to the documentary we watched. Although there were
many tasks that needed to be done in my room, I was frequently feeling bored
and desperate to connect myself back to the digital world. I was even feeling a
little anxious. Despite the preparations, I have failed on Saturday morning. I
found myself in bed, unconsciously scrolling down Facebook new feed from my
phone. Moreover, later that evening, I met my barriers of physically studying
for an exam directly from printed-paper. I needed to use the Internet to extend
my knowledge and fully prep for the test. Overall, I learned a valuable lesson
that the Internet is a great tool but only if it is used as a valuable source.
Many times it distracts us from seeing the authentic values and isolates those who rely on their own digital world.
Props to you that you put so much work into surviving this weekend. It was interesting that you mentioned that studying was the hardest thing you had to face. The internet really makes studying easier cause you can Google things. So that was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI slipped up the same way by unconsciously checking Facebook and I realized how routine it was to check social media sites. Although it helped for studying, I wonder how that balances out with how much time we waste on social networking sites. Good post and good attempt, it was much better than mine.
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