Digital Detox

 Can you survive 7 days without social media? I tried.


When I woke up, with a dizzy feeling I tried to look for my phone to fetch notifications from the media. And before I go to bed, this is also the last thing I would touch before closing my eyes. 


What did I do while I was in detox? 


Got out of the bed. Just a normal day, seizing out of it. Did jumping rope for 500 counts as my daily exercise, while yawning at every pause—I still feel the grogginess. Tried to cook and eat healthy, savoring what's in front of me. Did numerous household chores, sweeping and mopping the floor—cleaning what my rabbit made a mess. Cleaned our garage for our large dogs' mess. I recognized that everywhere I see is a mess. Gave our dogs a repetitive bath and played with them. I took also long bath to relax. Finally, siesta time, grabbed my pen and paper and started to write whatever comes to my mind for hours. Cooked again for lunch, countless cleaning again, this house can never be stopped in cleaning. When I was in idle, I grabbed this book and read it then I filled my journal, trying to be vulnerable and honest. Instead sitting on our terrace and staring to our birds, I locked myself in a room and started to write again. Grabbed a handful pitcher and placed beside of me, a replacement for food. Water therapy on a long day? 


Actually, I really disliked idling, or doing nothing. Most of the time my phone does tons of services for me. Phones and its capabilities are my besties. Are we not getting sad being afar from our best friend—social media?


I drank 6 liters of water in everyday in that week. Why? Water theraphy is not my answer. It is my preparation for fasting. 


I replaced water instead of my phone. Imagine, I could and I can always do in life without minding on touching my phone or scrolling endlessly, without seeing the same posts again and again. I am well aware that phones are useful to the full extent. There's a lot to enjoy more than a screen. I woke up without minding what happened in my social media life, ate without watching Netflix. I replaced pen, paper and Bible instead of my phone. I made room for Him, more of Him and less of me. It made me to seized the day without in a rush because of my phone, or worried who might messaged me. Things to do are countless if you do not have you phone, real talk. Worrying who would you missed without your phone? Actually, what have you left is still same on what you will see after you came back. Nothing much really happen, or its just in my case?


I guess nobody harmed detox, yet? Detoxing might be difficult, requires discipline. It might also be hurtful in a way of releasing toxins. We will all benefit this at the end of the day.  Detoxing is not hard for me. 


One of the component for religious fasting is surrendering that you could not surrender. A total surrender. I have been doing digital detox for a week and 8 times in a year. 

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