Day Two-Media Withdrawals

I woke up on Sunday morning at 7:30 am sharp with the alarm from my phone, but I quickly turned it off and went back to sleep because it wasn't supposed to be set. There was already an idea that came to my head about how if I hadn’t had my phone next to me when I went to sleep, or a phone at all, I would've never woken up and been able to enjoy my sleep on a lazy Sunday morning. So, a few hours later when I finally fully woke up, it was a little difficult for me not to watch TV since I have one in my room and it is always on to help me sleep, but with the volume turned all the way down. I was able to resist, however, and turn off my TV and go downstairs to eat breakfast. My boyfriend calls me every morning, but when he called my phone, I didn’t answer and instead used my house phone (which I thought on Day One wasn’t working) to call him and talk for a little bit to discuss what we were going to do for the day. I started to realize that I could resist using my cell phone as long as I had a house phone to reach people with. After I took a shower, though, it was out of impulse for me to turn on my radio while I got ready for the day. I tried turning it off for a few minutes but soon realized I couldn’t handle sitting in silence while I did my makeup and hair and turned on my TV just to hear the noise, but not watch. I find it crazy how if I had been born 100 years earlier, I would have to get ready without all the radio or TV because it wasn’t invented yet, but now that we have it in our world, it’s as if we can’t live without it, even though our great grandparents and even grandparents did fine without this technology. So, as my day went on, I didn’t ever go anywhere until later, but while I was at home it wasn’t very hard to resist getting on face book or using my cell phone or watching TV because I was busy studying for finals and writing my essay for English. By the time I finished all my homework, it was 8:30 pm, so I went to my boyfriend’s house, where, in the car, I didn’t once turn on the radio. I’ll admit that was a little weird driving 15 minutes in silence, but I noticed I was able to really focus on my driving and think about what else I needed to do for school tomorrow, which is when I remembered that I almost forgot to finish my outline for English that was due the next day on Monday, the day of the final. Realizing that I almost forgot an important final assignment, I started to think about the media, in this case my car radio, might’ve blocked my mind and therefore I wouldn’t have remembered to finish my outline until it was too late. So, I can conclude that after the final day of this assignment, I realized that the media not only plays a huge role in entertainment in keeping us busy when we’re bored, but also causes a huge distraction in our lives and can cause us to forget things for school or work or anything that doesn’t have to do with the media. However, I do also feel that the media now-a-days plays an important role in keeping us informed and up to date with today’s society.