The majority of you are probably holding your phone reading this.
How many times a day do you think you check your phone? Mine is almost never not in my hand. I check it when I get a text, someone favorites my tweet, and just to check the time. A lot of people our age seem to be constantly glued to their phones and everything that comes with them (social media sites, etc.). This attachment comes with a price. Short attention spans, low self-esteem due to photoshopped men and women all over Facebook and Instagram, and anxiety about who favorited who's tweet. I most definitely fall victim to things like these and sometimes when it gets to be too much, I take a much needed break.
There is something so comforting about the disconnection I have when I give up my phone. I'll turn it off for a day, keep it on airplane mode or just leave it at home. Trust me when I say you will be happier without it. You get time to yourself instead of wasting your time seeing who sub-tweeted who. You will take the time to look at the world around you when you walk to class instead of staring down at your screen. You will not spend your time worrying about the carefully worded text you sent to the super cute guy you have kinda been hooking up with and whether or not he will end up texting you back. You will have alone time but you will not feel lonely. Sometimes, I forgot that I even have a phone to check that when I finally do, I have about 7 missed calls from my mom and or best friend asking where I am.
In a world that is so busy and so technology driven and dependent, you could say that giving up your phone for a day or even more would be dangerous or stupid. But there is so much more to life than your cell phone and what apps you have on it. You have friends that you don't just follow on Twitter. You have conversations that contain more than 160 characters. Your beauty both inside and out is not defined by the comments you get on your latest Instagram post. Set your phone down and live the life that is around you, not just on the screen in front of your face.
