Wednesday, April 4, 2012



April 4, 2012
   Ooopps!         

            So, this project got off to a rough start. When I woke up yesterday morning I forgot that I was starting it. So the first thing I did was log onto Facebook and my Hulu account, I merrily viewed profiles and Modern Family until it was time for class. Ooopps! I got to class and the projects were mentioned and I realized that I had messed up, but I resolved to be perfect for the rest of the day. Well, I did okay for the few hours I was in classes, then it was time for breakfast, and out of habit I threw a couple sausages on my plate. Ooopps! Fortunately I remembered that I was trying to be a vegetarian during the day after the first few bites. My biggest failure of the day though, was the use of my Facebook; I have been using it to communicate because my replacement phone has still not arrived. Ooopps! I tried to only use the messaging part in an attempt to honor my own rule. I am a little conflicted with this because I know that I do need to communicate with my family and with people I plan to hang out with, but then I know that I said no social media… I am hoping that my new phone gets here soon, so that this is not a problem.
            I did fairly well in all other aspects of my project, I walked to Tenlelytown instead of taking the shuttle, with my friends while they bought food, and it was hard to not join in on the spending spree… I had to wait till we got back to campus to eat dinner. I enjoyed my time for myself a lot though yesterday! I went for a long run, which was great, it gave me time to think about this project and reflect on how the changes were difficult but slightly refreshing. It is like a test of my will a lot of the time, whether or not I can say “no” to things I don't really need but really, really want. It’s kind of like a game with myself.  I also really enjoyed writing a letter to my grandparents; it was much more personal then e-mail. I know that they will appreciate the time I put into it. In attempt to use my computer less, I read the New York Times paper instead of reading online, and I think I may just switch to that, there was something very cool about just sitting down a disappearing into a big paper without distraction like YouTube or Facebook.

            Although this project got off to a rough start, I think that I am going to learn something about my own preferences this week even as I battle my own greedy wants. I am feeling slightly more optimistic about this project, I know there will be some struggles with myself and situations I am in, but then I also know that I am going to have fun doing things in place of my usual habits. 

1 comment:

  1. Hi Bobbi,
    I think the idea of self-restraint is really interesting in your experiment! We are so used to being able to have most things when we want them with minimal effort. For a lot of us, self-restraint probably isn't a trait that is valued a ton anymore. Especially with growing technology we literally have unlimited access to online shopping, movies, music, food ect. I think it's awesome that you were aware of the difficulties of self-restraint but that you were also strong! On top of this, reflecting on what you actually needed and what you didn't is evidence of you taking the project one step further in a way. Good job!

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