This week for inspiration, I decided to leave my phone in my room whenever I left my building for the day. At first, not having my phone made me feel like I was missing something and made me feel uneasy. I kept wondering if I was missing an important phone call or text from someone or an urgent email. After a while, I got used to it. I walked around campus looking up instead of down at my phone. I said hello to people I knew that passed by me on the sidewalks and I got time to mentally prepare myself when I sat down in class and waited for the professor to begin.
We are all so used to being connected 24/7 and feeling lost without our phones. I think it is very important to try and separate yourself from your phone every now and then to really notice what is going on around you.
Not having my phone on me got me inspired not only to practice this more, but to look around me and focus on what is going on in real life rather than on social media, also to actually speak to someone rather than communicating with them via cell phones.
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