Read an Entire Book
I literally managed to read a whole 400-page book in one sitting (it was The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary btw). I'm so quick to get distracted that I forget why I love to read. I always read on the plane for this very reason, I have no other distractions that I'm able to get fully absorbed in the story and the characters. Not needing to check twitter and Instagram every 5 minutes helped me to really power through and really showed me just how reliant on social media I really am. Which is honestly pretty terrifying.
Ate Outside
My sister's boyfriend came over for dinner so we had to eat outside which as the weather has been so nice lately wasn't a hardship. Not having my phone at dinner meant that we got to have good conversation and I even instigated a fun game that I found about putting things in order. Proving that you can, in fact, have fun without needing an internet connection.
A Good Shower
I spent my evening mostly in my bathroom after finishing my book so I could have a good long shower. I also self tanned for the first time this summer so now I'm officially feeling like a real human and not a ghost for once! Not only was this time good for my mental health but also clearly for my physical appearance.
Some Scripture
I was able to both start and end my day with scripture rather than starting and ending my day with social media. Which was so refreshing. I'm currently working my way through my yearly devotional on women in the bible and this week is all about King David's daughter Tamar, who was raped by her stepbrother. This event scarred Tamar for life both personally and culturally. It's important that we are aware of how our actions are affecting others what we do and say can affect not only the person we're directly addressing but anybody who may be listening.
No Alarms
Turning off my phone for 24 hours obviously also meant that I had no alarm for the morning so when I got up I had no idea what time it was until I checked my watch which was also very refreshing. but obviously, if you need an alarm to be up for something in the morning don't do this!!
Cleaned my Make Up Brushes
I honestly can't remember the last time I cleaned my make up brushes which is very embarrassing so luckily no screen time meant that I had time to actually do it and I'm so so glad that I did!
Stitching Again
I'm currently working on a top-secret embroidery project which I can't talk too much about but I worked on it a bit as well. Usually, I like to stitch with Netflix on in the background though so it was a little weird doing it in silence.
When I finally turned my phone back on it turned out we had drama with my uni rental house so I'm probably not going to switch my phone off for 24 hours again for a while in case I miss anything majorly important but It was such a refreshing period and I totally recommend doing it even if it's only for a short period of time. Essentially what I learned in these 24 hours is that while you might not feel the effects of social media directly effecting you, the amount of things I managed to accomplish while having my phone switched off is really staggering and really does highlight just how much time I waste scrolling when I could have been so much more productive, doing something else.
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