Technology Will Be the Death of Me--Jessica Sunnenberg

When I was 4th-6th grade I attended this camp in the mountains of North Carolina called Camp Broadstone. It was the best experience of my life. It was 2 weeks of living in cabins and enjoying the outdoors and everything it has to offer, and also eating the BEST food I've ever had (sorry mom). The best thing about it was that there were no electronics. It allowed me to gain a whole new level of appreciation for nature and life without my phone. Coming home from that and seeing how much our phones take over our lives and hinder us from fully experiencing the world around us was eye opening.

Now that being said, that experience has not stopped me from staying up until 6 a.m. several times watching Netflix and repeating to myself that "this will be the last episode I watch." Or staying up until the wee hours of the morning switching between snapchat, instagram, and twitter as if other people are still up to post on said social media sites.

side note: I am babysitting 2 kids right now and they have literally switched from playing video games on their computer, to playing them downstairs on the tv, to playing them on their ipad, to now watching tv. So i would like to point out that I, while still using technology way more than I should, am not as bad as them.

One thing that I have noticed is that on the rare occasion I do forget my phone at home one day, I feel empty and lost without it. I don't know what to do with myself, and I find that to be a bit of a problem. I hate that my life revolves around my phone (I say as I just took a break from writing to this to see who liked my picture.....and check my texts....and check twitter). No but I really do. I feel like I miss so much because I have my nose buried in my phone. I can't even count the number of times my mom has been talking to me for a good 5 minutes as I respond with a simple yes or no, not really hearing a word she has been saying, and then getting yelled at for it later.

I say this all now. But as soon as I'm done writing this, both you and I know that I will go straight back to playing on my phone. I have come to accept it and just go with the flow, no matter how late "the flow" keeps me up at night.