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Narratives
true Authentic, Realistic & Undeniable

Inspirations challenge: the 184
and Real-Life Concerning our Volume
generation’s
battle against
technology

When I or cut, and I couldn’t move my fingers well.
decided to get Suddenly, I came face to face with reality: I
Handheld my first had been spending much of my waking hours
Healing smartphone, I swishing my fingers across my phone’s screen.
also decided
I only realized it now – when I couldn’t tap,
that I would swipe, or drag.
not allow Being a strong righty, I could not rely on
myself to get my left hand fingers to do the work.
addicted. The phone would help me for work
purposes, and that’s all. I was on forced vacation.
My resolution was firm, but with time, I Goodbye phone, goodbye apps. My social
must admit, it began to unravel. It happened media friends had to contend with my
slowly, without my even realizing it… I found absence as I allowed my bones to heal.
myself toying with my phone more and more. I went through withdrawal symptoms.
I never took those two steps back to look at When I was hooked to my phone, my
myself from afar and realize how far I’d gone. constant need to be connected raised my
I never wanted to acknowledge the fact that I stress levels. As I came to terms with my new
was slipping into the technological whirlpool, reality – without any texting – I realized how
getting sucked into its depths. I was too much calmer and more focused I could be.
immersed in what I was doing – and I hardly It was then that I learned of the social
realized how deep I had dipped. media detox concept, a 30-day elimination of
Then, one day, an accident happened. I social media use, which specialists in the
tripped over some wires right in the middle
of my office floor. I brushed myself off and outside world recommend! Some suggest
continued about my business, but my hand going for a full cleanse, others set limits or
was throbbing. When the pain and swelling delete apps, all in the name of breaking social
would not subside, I made myself an media addiction and the negative side effects
appointment at an orthopedist. Sure enough, it often brings.
my wrist was fractured. I went into the healing process full force –
With my brand new wrist splint, my not by choice, but by default. And I never
mobility was restricted. I couldn’t write, type, looked back.

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