What are you afraid of?
I am afraid that I will miss out on important information and just missing out on the fun of having a phone in my hand. From social media to playing games on my phone.
What's the challenge?
To turn off my phone and not use my phone from 12am to 12am. Also to really spend quality time with family as this was done on Christmas day. Also to make it a real true representation of the day the only people that knew that I was doing this challenge were the people that was with me on Christmas day.
How was the experience?
So on Christmas eve at 12.07am I turned off my phone to not go back on till Boxing day. I woke up at 9am to pick up my phone which I would normally do as my morning routine to find it was turned off which reminded me I had started my challenge.
I got up to get ready as my sister and her other half was round at 10.30am, they arrived on time and ready for opening the presents. This help me not need my phone due to the busy atmosphere. Once all the present were opened I went to play with my two main presents, which was Google home and a GoPro 5 from my family and my other half, plugged in the google home to find out I needed my phone for the set up, so I did cheat by asking my other half to set the Google home through his phone. Then I went to the GoPro 5 to set up to find the same thing was needed so no set on this item till next day. I guess you don't realise how many gadgets rely on your phone to do things, so this does make it difficult to do things more than just social media and games.
after this we got ready dinner and our tradition of board games, which we played the tipping point game which kept my mind occupied from my phone, also this board game doesn't use my phone which I know a lot of board games do these days.
Then time flown by and it was 6pm saying goodbye to my sister and partner, where I believe the challenge became more difficult due to boredom, I took a nap to help but I found myself counting the the minutes and hours down till I could find out what was going on with everyone on Facebook.
I got to 12am to find out that I was to tired to even turn on my phone so I decided to finish my challenge the next day and go to bed.
I woke up around 9am to being excited to turn on my phone to see what the world had to offer me or if anyone was worried if I hadn't messaged them, I found out that the world was busy enjoying Christmas with their family and taking pictures of the new products and yummy Christmas dinner, there was nothing to worry about after all.
What I have learnt is that its important to put the phone away once in awhile and enjoy the moment with friends and family, also I have learnt that the phone is remote for much more than I thought, like other gadgets and knowledge for simple things like the weather. I have realised that it is important to put my phone away lot more often than I do so I can really enjoy the family and friends around me. Also to turn off before bed time is really important just to waiting till the morning for information from the world and have that me time away from everything.
I am going to being posting for very emotional stuff in the next couple of months, So please be aware if you are sensitive to the content please do not read the next couple of articles.
Another challenge completed and many more to come. Have an epic time and welcome to 2018.
Happy reading ladies and gents...
So on Christmas eve at 12.07am I turned off my phone to not go back on till Boxing day. I woke up at 9am to pick up my phone which I would normally do as my morning routine to find it was turned off which reminded me I had started my challenge.
I got up to get ready as my sister and her other half was round at 10.30am, they arrived on time and ready for opening the presents. This help me not need my phone due to the busy atmosphere. Once all the present were opened I went to play with my two main presents, which was Google home and a GoPro 5 from my family and my other half, plugged in the google home to find out I needed my phone for the set up, so I did cheat by asking my other half to set the Google home through his phone. Then I went to the GoPro 5 to set up to find the same thing was needed so no set on this item till next day. I guess you don't realise how many gadgets rely on your phone to do things, so this does make it difficult to do things more than just social media and games.
after this we got ready dinner and our tradition of board games, which we played the tipping point game which kept my mind occupied from my phone, also this board game doesn't use my phone which I know a lot of board games do these days.
Then time flown by and it was 6pm saying goodbye to my sister and partner, where I believe the challenge became more difficult due to boredom, I took a nap to help but I found myself counting the the minutes and hours down till I could find out what was going on with everyone on Facebook.
I got to 12am to find out that I was to tired to even turn on my phone so I decided to finish my challenge the next day and go to bed.
I woke up around 9am to being excited to turn on my phone to see what the world had to offer me or if anyone was worried if I hadn't messaged them, I found out that the world was busy enjoying Christmas with their family and taking pictures of the new products and yummy Christmas dinner, there was nothing to worry about after all.
What I have learnt is that its important to put the phone away once in awhile and enjoy the moment with friends and family, also I have learnt that the phone is remote for much more than I thought, like other gadgets and knowledge for simple things like the weather. I have realised that it is important to put my phone away lot more often than I do so I can really enjoy the family and friends around me. Also to turn off before bed time is really important just to waiting till the morning for information from the world and have that me time away from everything.
I am going to being posting for very emotional stuff in the next couple of months, So please be aware if you are sensitive to the content please do not read the next couple of articles.
Another challenge completed and many more to come. Have an epic time and welcome to 2018.
Happy reading ladies and gents...
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