Being the optimist that I sometimes am, I turned this loss into a gain and completed the dreaded 24 hours. On weekends I travel to state college, the sometime monotonous 1 hour and 15 minute drive is typically drenched with technology. I catch up with my friends in Nashville and listen to new music I have found during the week. Due to the circumstances none of the above took place, and I can honestly say that I didn't mind. I probably was a better driver and I listened to top 40 country radio and spent the ride asking God "Why didn't I write that song?"
Once I reached State College I drove to the horse ranch where my boyfriend parks the Airstream and luckily he was there. Otherwise, I would have no way to contact him. I did not mind the absence of my phone or computer while with him, good company is the best distraction.
Time was my biggest problem, I have a confession to make...I am not good with analog clocks. The hour and the minute hand sometimes look the same from some angles and I just get confused. It is both embarrassing and annoying. So, when the morning came I was paranoid that I would be late for work and ended up leaving 45 min. earlier than I had to. Earliness was an unexpected and pleasant result. The technology fast was pretty painless, I did catch myself reaching into my bag for my phone a couple of times, but my time apart did not inspire any life changing realizations.
Overall, I'm very aware of my technology usage. I enjoy things like the endless scrolling feature on Pinterest and if a moment is worth repeating (or retweeting) I gladly play my role in the online society and share it with my friends and followers. For me, technology is a time filler when I'm standing in lines and a time passer when I'm hopelessly bored, and a time saver for most other situatios. However, seven times out of ten I would rather have a face to face conversation than use technology. When that ratio drops below five I will acknowledge that I have a problem, but until then I will keep scrolling.
