Notable Experience, Prickles and Goo


      The first day I went without my phone was excruciating. My phone habits become even stronger when I do homework because I become the most distracted and bored then. I would instinctively reach for my phone when I want a mini break, but I would have to stop my mind and my hand from reaching it. The thing is, I would want to take a mini break quite often. If I was stuck on a question, I would want to scroll through my Instagram. If I answered a question to my heart’s content, I would open my Snapchat and reply to my streaks.
      According to the CNN article, “Smartphone addiction could be changing your brain,” it elaborates the different ways your phone could be affecting your brain. At one point, Dr. Max Wintermark, a Stanford neuroradiologist, “Altogether, this means that if you are too dependent on your smartphone, you are basically damaging your ability to be attentive.”
      If I had read this article earlier before the experiment, this statement would’ve passed through my head, but this sentence stuck with me since it resonated with my experience. I would get distracted so much that sometimes I would spend more time on my phone than on homework, but I was hooked to my phone so much that I would not be able to do anything about it, or I didn’t have to the willpower to change myself since it would take a lot of effort.
      But the first day of the experiment felt good after I removed myself from my phone for a while. I had more time to do other things, even though my mind kept telling me quietly to ditch the experiment and check my messages at times I wasn’t supposed to. But I had to persuade myself and convince myself that if I do, I would forget the importance the experiment. Plus, breaking the experiment would only prove to myself that I can’t commit to making myself a better person, one that will have more time to spend on experiences that will be more beneficial for me in the future.

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