Unplugged

 MayLea DeCambra

Oct. 18th 2024

Journalism B1-36

        The media I unplugged from was all social media including Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok. This was honestly kind of fun, but also hard because in my free time I do go on social media. However, yesterday was my dad's birthday so it made it a little easier because I was focused on cleaning the house and helping make dinner for him and get his cake for him. Going unplugged allowed me to complete tasks efficiently and allowed me to be more engaged in conversations with my family. It also reminded me of junior high where my mom would have me and my little brother have a no electronic day, so we could do homework and chores. At the time I hated it, but now that I'm older I do realize how efficient it was because when I wasn't cleaning or cooking, it allowed me to catch up on homework or assigned reading I had been procrastinating on. I also had more time to efficiently plan my day and let me run errands to buy some things we were running low on in the house. At the end of the night, instead on getting on my phone like how I normally would, me and boyfriend picked a show to watch, that we both eventually fell asleep too. Going unplugged was fun because I felt more productive in my day, but also hard because I had to remember not to just get on social media when I was bored. I honestly want to try to keep up with it.