I forgot my cell phone today. I couldn't check my facebook in class or call anyone while I was walking around campus. I had to be where I was at. It made me think about how much I look at a screen all day instead of living in the real world. I pondered how I crave something to do all of the time. Finding moments in which I can reflect is so hard when I am constantly saturated with something to do.
I think I should forget my cell phone more often. I had time to breathe as I walked the sidewalk and stared up at the cool blue sky lined with clouds. I wondered why technology is so addicting. Why does owning something like the internet on my phone make the real world seem too ordinary (when it is actually much more gratifying than my bookmarked pages).
Maybe working "no technology" days into my schedule would be useful. I am only blogging today because as I was walking without the means to text I thought about this blog and how I hadn't updated in a long time. I can't remember the last time I had a real thought process in my brain going that wasn't interrupted by some technological advancement.
I'm not saying technology is bad. I am saying I think my life would be more pleasant if I used it less often.
