I Felt like a Part of Me was Missing... is that Sad?

I knew this exercise would be difficult for me to handle, but not this difficult. I feel like a part of me is missing or that I’m missing out on something important. My phone is attached to me all the time, it’s practically another limb and the past almost 24 hours have proved to be extremely difficult in trying not to use it. However there were times I caved and I had to text people back, whether that was to tell them of the experiment and that I couldn’t text them or letting a classmate know something about what was going on in class.

I did manage to stay off Facebook for quite a long time, not a full 24 hours but still longer than I’ve gone without it in probably years. And saying that out loud is a bit sad to say. It just makes it clear just how dependent I am on the social network. Whether that be, keeping me informed about my friends day to day lives, what’s going on in that class I missed or just entertaining me when I’m bored. Which seems happens all too often. I guarantee that if I didn’t have as much homework as I did last night I would’ve slipped up and signed on just to keep me preoccupied for a while. It doesn’t make it easier that I also have Facebook wherever I go, on my phone. Whenever I have a new message, invite or friend request, it pops up on my phone to let me know it’s there. Right now I have all those symbols appearing on my phone and I’ve been dying to look at them.

What I’m happy about, is knowing that I’m not the only one who has a problem from being away and not using these media outlets. Plenty of other people young and old can’t go a day without them, for multiple reasons. For instance if I had a job or if there was a family emergency going on I know for a fact I wouldn’t have been able to go that long without checking these sources. Then again, I didn’t go a full 24 hours… shows how much self-control I have and just how dependent I am on these 21^st century media outlets. I have a feeling if had to go longer…. I might just go insane, I honestly I don’t think I could adapt to a life without these things anymore. And I have a feeling a lot of other people couldn't either, no matter what they say.