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It’s Saturday, October 2nd, 2021. It is game day and we are playing Lafayette at 2 pm. Waking up, sadly I grab my phone right away and look through social media and any messages I might have. Technically the first form of communication I did that morning was posting on my Instagram story about our game later that day. But that I consider was fake communication because no one knows how I am truly feeling or what I am thinking. Then first conversations with roommates as we are still trying to wake up with no real emotions. With no real words except “Hey, how you doing? You ready?” As we get closer to game time and seeing my teammates, energy is getting higher and sentences are being strung together. Our group chats are blowing up. Emotions and thoughts are being shared as I feel they should, laughs, strategies, and songs are being shared. I am getting texts from family coming to the game saying “good luck and how are you feeling”. Mentally there are a lot of thoughts going on in my head, especially throughout the game. These thoughts do not get shared very often. 

I think the top three types of communication I use throughout the day are texting, Snapchat, and face-to-face conversations. But when I don’t have any of those for an hour I would say I have a lot more inner thoughts than I would especially if I am by myself which I was for about half of it. The other half when I was with my family, I was moving a lot more, observing more, and felt a lot better. When I went back to technology, I felt a lot more comfortable to just put my phone down and not pick it up just because others around me are on their phone. 

My first reaction to this assignment was when I got back on my phone I wondered how many notifications I have. But as I was off my phone for an hour I did not care and the thought of my phone went out of my head. I think the assignment has made me realize the importance of just putting your phone down for however long and disconnecting from that world and observing and taking in the real world.


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