Over the weekend, I went home with my best friend to Locust Grove, Oklahoma. My friend lives about two miles up a dirt road on a lot of land off of a lake. I figured that this was the perfect opportunity to go without my cell phone for the weekend. Anyone who knows me well knows that my cell phone basically stays attached to my hand at all times, so my decision to go without it for a whole weekend was epic. When we arrived at her house, I turned my cell phone off and left it in the car. Typically, when I do not have my cell phone available, such as when I’m working, I feel anxious, as if I’m missing something important. Surprisingly, I did not feel as if I was missing anything the entire weekend! It felt really good to not have to answer people trying to get a hold of me. I feel as if i learned so much about my friend and her family by being able to give them my undivided attention all weekend. I got to ride four wheelers, go down to the lake and swim and fish, and ride horses all weekend. It was probably one of the best weekends I've ever had.
The only downfall of this experiment was that when I turned my phone back on, I received about 60 text messages and a few people were a little upset that I was unreachable, thinking that I had been ignoring them all weekend. I wouldn't have a problem doing this more often but next time I plan on telling people what I'm doing to avoid and hurt feelings.
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