I went on a 10-day trip this
summer, and we weren’t allowed to bring our phones. Of course our trip leaders
still had theirs in case of emergencies, but us kids were completely
disconnected from all of our devices during the trip.
It was really weird at first
because we would all unconsciously check around for our phones, and when we
couldn’t find them, we’d momentarily freak out and think that we’d accidentally
left it somewhere. It wasn’t just me experiencing this strange sensation, but
all of my friends as well.
It took about a full day for our
brains to realize we didn’t have our phones and to stop trying to find them.
After this happened, I can honestly say that none of us ever thought about what
we were missing on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook for the rest of our trip. We
had more face-to-face interactions and we paid more attention to what was going
on in the world around us.
In this case, I think not having access
to technology was a weird at first, but then it became a great thing and made
our trip 10x better. However, I still believe that technology has many positive
effects in today’s world.
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