When I first heard My classmates and I would have to construct a research project I thought, "Great, I'll just pick an easy topic that I care about and get to it." I was wrong. My classmates and I had to watch two documentaries that touched on very real topics that Americans need to address and fix. Based off of those films, we then were told to create a research topic that could be argued resulting in composing a research paper. There were so many doors to enter, so many harsh realities to explore. Trying to pick one over the other was extremely hard for me. Picking a gender and a topic that I was interested in and one that I felt I could get enough research out of was hard. Every topic I settled on, I ran into a snag. I was either really interested in the topic and didn't think I could get enough research out of it, or I found topics I really agreed with but they conflicted with the way I actually live.
Finally, seeing myself as a contributing problem in America and also greatly affected by the new world and lifestyle of technology , I decided to evaluate myself. Leading me to the decision of basing my paper on: How a one-week social media detox can impact my emotional well being. This topic seemed like a real two for one. I get to invest in my research and better my life at the same time. I will be talking about how having 24/7 access to social media plays a major role in my life. Viewing my phones diagnostic of wasted time spent invested in other peoples lives. The negative effects it has on young women including myself. An overview of my detox experience and my take away once I am complete. It seems pretty simple but already I have learned, it is not. My brain is programmed to pick up my phone and touch the Instagram application whether i picked my phone up for that reason or not. I have already uninstalled the application and have picked up my phone a dozen of times while being occupied. Putting my pen down after every sentence to check my phone, picking it up every time I get a notification using that as a gateway to get on social media. Only it isn't there anymore. I'm hoping this detox will begin a kick start of proper living for myself. I hope i will regain more focus resulting in less time wasted. As well as, proving to myself that I am just enough and I don't need everything I see online in fake life.
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danni
4/16/2019 06:08:23 am
oh oh oh oh i love this. that your writing about an experiment youre currently doing. i cant wait to see what benefits you get out of it!
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