From the second I open my eyes, I am plugged in.

I wake up, reach for the plug, make sure it is securely fastened before I start my day. Make sure everyone knows what I'm doing. Find out what happened in the hot second I was unplugged. Bathroom time, hope my cord is long enough to reach. Tap, tap, tap, I have to beat this high score. Shower time, Pandora and commercials because who pays for premium? Oh, let's see what I posted a year ago today!

I'm ready for the day, let me make sure everyone knows what I look like. I'm wearing a different outfit from yesterday. Also, I did my makeup differently. I'm interesting, Oh, someone new that is also plugged in wants to be my friend. Accept.

Click, click I go, and whoosh goes my message. I make plans with a friend that's plugged in across town. Get in the car, plug in, make sure that I have enough power at all times. We do something different today than we did yesterday. The world has to know how interesting we are.

I have a strong opinion today, let's tell the world. And then see what others have to say about it.

Whitewashed, puffy eyes from staring too hard, plugged in, on the couch, with someone else who is also plugged in. But we're plugged in separately. Send her a picture, we laugh together, but we are connected to everything but each other.

From the second I open my eyes, I am plugged in. From the second you are open yours, you are too.

But what would happen if I just didn't?

You hear stories about people that unplug for a short period of time, how their life changed, how they don't think being plugged in is important or worth it, but they go right back to their old habits. You hear how millennials need to unplug for just one. Bloody. Second.

They need to see real roses, smell real candles, try new, real, tangible things. Things that you can put on your resumes, things to share, stories for the future that hasn't happened yet, in which you will create new stories, if you just unplug.

I turned off all notifications for a week. I thought I could do it, but I found myself checking, constantly. Looking, making sure things were still in their correct place. Nothing weird has happened while I wasn't paying attention, right?

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The dull glow from my phone lights up my side of the room, while my roommate's lights up hers. Click. Tap. Swipe. Like. Pin. Tweet. Screenshot. Save. Snap. Message. Gram. Yak. Click.

We make noises that aren't noises anymore because we are so plugged into them. We are these things. We aspire to be brilliant minds, using technology to "make America great again." But what do we use it for? To stay plugged in at all times.

So what happens if we stopped? Unplugged the cables and cords, and went outside of the service zone? No Facebook notifications. Or Twitter. Or Google+. Or Foursquare. No email or messenger or DMs. Have you ever noticed how many things "require" your attention? We forget to take a break from time to time. But if you keep taking your phone with you, you haven't accomplished anything. We burden our psyche with these things that don't mean anything.

Don't Google "what will happen if ..." Go find out.

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