Media Fast: Day of Misery

On Thursday, September 2nd, I started my media fast because I had classes that could take up my time and it made sense to be to do the fast before I went home for the weekend. I woke up at 6:35am to my alarm clock. I took a shower, brushed my teeth, and got dressed for my 8 am class at Memorial. I wanted to check my Facebook and do my morning texting, but I told myself I could go a day without them. Soon after, I headed to class and as I was driving to school, I decided to sing to myself rather than listen to the radio. I did myself a favor by leaving my cell phone and ipod at my apartment. After I got out of my 8 am class, I rushed to get to my 930am class at Miller. As I was on my way to Miller, I talked to one of my new friends that I had just met a couple days before. After I got out of class once again, I drove to my apartment, once again singing aloud to myself (but really wanting to listen to the radio). When I got back to my apartment, I was immediately bored because I couldn’t watch tv, text, or get on the internet like normal. Instead, I decided to go to the pool and I was there for about an hour. At about 1230pm, I came back to my apartment and decided to occupy myself by eating. After eating (munch’n down), I decided to take a nap since my 2pm class was cancelled. When I woke up at 2pm, I was really bored, so I decided to do some of my readings for various classes, and also get things packed for the weekend trip home. At 5pm, I took another nap because I didn’t know what to do with myself or the time I had. I woke up an hour later to my roommates watching tv in the living room. I wanted to glance at what they were watching but I headed straight for the kitchen to get myself a bottle of water. I then went back to my room where I started to read this novel sized book for my Abnormal Psychology class. After reading the first 15 pages, I got bored with it and decided to turn my cell on. At first, I didn’t turn my phone on to text or call anyone. I meant to check and make sure I had no job calls or important/urgent messages, but my hands took over and I started texting tons of people. After about texting for about 5 minutes, I turned my cell back off because I was breaking my fast. At 7pm, drove to the Walmart to get some lead pencils and notebooks. Both ways (from the store/back to my apartment), I drove in silence. When I returned back to the apartment, I decided to read more of that long book. At 817pm, I turned my cell back on again, this time because I had to let my mom know that I was coming home. Soon after that, I turned my phone back off and started reading more of the book. At 9pm, I started getting ready for bed. Soon after I took my shower, I got into bed and fell asleep anytime better 11pm. Slept in silence except for the noises coming from outside.


The media fast OVERALL made me feel miserable because my life is more influenced by the media then I expected. I was good with giving up all other media, but my cell phone was calling my name all day. All I wanted was the day to end. Even though I broke my fast, I still wanted to do more texting/talking on my cell than I did. Overall I think I did a good job (others may not think the same). Who can do without their cell phone for a day? Uh…..it’s 2010!