I plan to try the medium difficulty option for our Digital Detox.
My main goal, really, is to test my patience and restraint with two social media platforms that I am constantly on (TikTok and Instagram, a.k.a “scrolling apps”). I feel like I’m always using them as a distraction from campus life and how fast-paced it can become; I’m hoping to gain some form of clarity. I just also want to be more present with whatever activities I’ll end up pursuing this weekend.

Update:

I met my ultimate goals for the detox which was to refrain from my two most-used apps, Instagram and TikTok. I did also have a significantly less amount of screen time, as shown to me by my phone’s stats; but it was particularly harder to do so since my friends and I enjoy watching movies or a series together over the weekend.

But I would say that at the times I wasn’t on my phone and I was actively trying to be present in the conversation or the ambience of the situation, I felt like I could think more clearly. It was just a little easier to evaluate my place in the conversation and to effortlessly contribute to it. It already made me feel just a little bit more connected to those around me; and it also, in a way, felt liberating — it felt like an accomplishment to not need my device with me at all times.