I was a proud owner of a three year old iPhone 5c. Unfortunately, last week my iPhone started shutting off at 95% battery level. I can barley complain about this situation though. My dinosaur of a phone has survived being dropped in the toilet (twice), being dropped down stairs, thrown across the floor, etc., so it's only understandable that the phone's time has come.

For the past week I've been surviving by walking around with my charger in hand plugging my phone in where ever I go (even the line at Starbucks.) Instead of buying a new phone and dropping at least $200, I decided to buy a battery and try to fix it on my own. Low and behold this was an epic fail.

For the next seven days while I wait for my new iPhone to come in the mail, I will be going throughout the week without a phone. Surprisingly I'm not that worked up over it, I actually kind of like the idea of being off the grid for a little bit. College life can be stressful and my phone is constantly buzzing. Maybe this is just what I needed, a "phone detox."

Granted my Mac still works, so I'm not completely technology-less, but I'm a lot less likely to check social media when I have a few spare minutes if that means taking out my laptop.

I feel like so much of us are consumed with spending every waking moment on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook that we can't even fathom the idea of putting our technology down for a second to have a conversation or just enjoying our surroundings.

Maybe I have too much faith in myself, maybe I'm speaking too soon. I honestly do not know how I'm going to fair this week. I'm trying to stay positive by taking this opportunity to unplug and learn something from this experience and maybe even about myself.

I'm hoping that after this week, once I have a phone again, I will be less likely to hide behind it the second I'm not occupied with something and that I may not find the need to check it 20 million times a day.

How much time do you waste on your phone? How many experiences do you miss out on because you're too engaged in what's happening on your screen to look up? I'm not asking you to go cold turkey like myself, but hopefully what I'm about to go though might make you question your phone habits.