Technology Dependency

I thought this assignment would be easy. There’s no way that I would have a problem logging my technological moves. I mean I don’t use technology that much do I? Everything about those three previous is completely and utterly false. I hated this assignment. I use technology so much throughout a given day that I really hated logging all my moves. My life revolves around technology. I received 172 text messages throughout the day. I received the first one at 8:02 a.m. and I received the last one at 11:46 p.m. I literally sent and received text messages the entire day. I checked facebook 23 times from my phone, and seven of those times happened to be during class. For the majority of my day I was on a computer. I spent seven and a half hours on a computer the day I kept my diary. Usually I’m not on it that long but I had a class for two hours that revolves around a computer (Photoshop) and I had to finish a paper for another class. Regardless though my life does revolve around technology. I’m sure I could cut out some time that I use technology but all in all my life really does really revolve around technology.

Do I feel like I used my time effectively? I think the answer to this question is a yes. I did check facebook throughout the time I was on the computer but overall I think my time was well spent. I only spent around a half an hour on facebook so the other seven hours I was on the computer my time was spent studying and my time was beneficial to getting my assignments and homework done. I do think though that if I were to cut facebook out from my life and maybe deactivate my account I maybe be able to use that time more effectively. I spent about an hour total on facebook that day. I could’ve used that hour to do so much more. I could’ve used that hour to work out and do some cardio, or focus on my schoolwork that day and really be prepared for classes.

As for a theory to explain my technology dependency I don’t really think there is one. In society today I think that it’s normal for someone to use technology as much as I do. A good majority of society today have smart phones, lap tops, iPods, tablets and we use them, which is fine. What is the point of having something that you can’t use?