DAY 2

The second day without using technology was not as bad as the first. I got us to not using my phone and watching TV. I was just enjoying the scenery at Texas State with my friends. We just spent our day outside of their dorms talking. Although my friend Art and I felt a little uncomfortable because we only had the clothes we wear on Friday and we hadn’t taken a good shower all weekend long. We know now that if something like a spontaneous adventure comes around again we will be well prepared. Using technology wasn’t such a big thing to me because as I said in the previous blog that you can’t exchange good conversation with friends for sitting at home doing nothing and having mindless conversation through texting or playing online games. Yet media does have a stronghold on us and we are getting less and less productive. My friend April’s roommate was an example of a media stronghold. The time Art and I have been there she has been in the room on the computer or playing games and locking herself out of the outside world. I guess I’m the same when I don’t have anything to do but just stay home and make the best of it. What I have learned from this challenge is that you don’t need to be around a computer all the time or play video games to have fun. Go out and have fun with your friends without texting people unless you’re trying to invite them to the party extravaganza. This trip was something Art and I needed. We needed to get away from our environment because we felt we were losing ourselves. We needed this trip to find that we ourselves need to get out of San Antonio and make something of ourselves instead of wasting our lives doing the same thing or nothing at all.