Digital Detox - Day 3
- 6:45: Woken up by co-Digital Detoxer (co-DD), went back to slept since I didn't have to get up for another hour and a half
- 8:20: Got up
- 9:00: Left for Windsor
- 9:30-12: Attended University of Windsor convocation (Co-DD was graduating)
- 12:30-2: Cora’s for brunch
- 2:30-4:10: Mall (this time frame is a bit off, and I mostly hung around outside the mall since I didn't want all the advertisement exposure and had no money)
- 6-9: Work
When you're busy, you don't' have time to sit and dwell. This is a widely used approach to distressing situations, which can vary widely. To compare what I'm doing to distressing situations in people's lives is ridiculous, so I'll stop the comparison there. Today, I decided that I would continue with this digital famine until I could have one pure day - One day where I can live truly digital-less. I'm hoping, desperately, that that day will be tomorrow since I have no plans and work won't be able to force the usage of things on me. Starting to crack a little bit, really craving Facebook, Reddit, and e-mail. I feel a little bit of pressure from ignoring my e-mail in case something important comes up, but I then realize that they'll probably get in contact with me by some other means if it's that important. Typical craving, though: grows until it comes to a head, then it terminates.
The general upside of this is that I'm forced to have a more normal sleep schedule because I'm too tired to read at night and I wake up with the sun. Getting a lot of reading done, though.
Cheated:
- Mall Adverts
- Texted Co-DD (he allowed the use of his cell phone for work purposes) during his convocation to tell him he should shake Peter Mansbridge's hand (who was an honorary grad for this convocation)
- cell phone as camera
- One phone call that I promptly ended
I'm really enjoying these posts :) Makes me feel like maybe one day I could do this. Do you feel like you overestimated the amount of anxiety you would feel from being (somewhat) out of contact with people?
Thanks!
I'm sure most people do it, especially if they're in a circumstance similar to mine (work doesn't require much tech use, only taking one course online).
Actually, I think I underestimated the amount of anxiety I would feel. It kind of reached a peak around day 3 and day 4, then dwindled off as I resigned to the fact that it would stay like that until the end of the week. I was surprised at how difficult it turned out to be.