Tracking my media usage: September 8-13th.
My daily habits tend to be very bland.
Wake Up-Check email
Shower- Listen to Spotify
Get ready- Listen to spotify-check all social media website (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat)
Leave for work: Continue listening to music while on the Redline train towards Grand/State. Continuously and mindlessly check social media accounts all while ignoring pretty much everything that is going on around me.
Get to work: I tend to stay off social media during this time and finish up work projects but I do find time every now and then to check my Facebook or snapchat.
Leave work and head to class: He comes the same mind numbing routine on my way to school.
At school: while at school I do a lot of pointless fb/twitter/instagram checking throughout the day. I do however, read aa lot more news articles—tech updates—and and sport news that might be relevant or somehow important to me.
After classes are over: After classes are over I get back on the train only to continue drowning out all the things around me.
After really analyzing and recording my media use, I found it a bit depressing to know that I constantly have my head phones on and checking things that don’t need to be checked. My routine is awful to say the least. I rely on my phone for entertainment that really isn’t there. Checking my Facebook/twitter/snapchat/instagram every 10minutes isn’t entertaining, its boring. Even as I write this, I’m annoyed at the temptation I have to stop and switch over to Facebook and see what new “social” trend is going around. It’s literally the same thing over and over again. Nothing new is keeping me entertained. Its not that I don’t like social media or any media for that matter, its that I lose a sense of human interaction when I’m glued to my screen thinking of clever things to post.
These past five days have been dull, the same routine and media use. Granted, somedays im not on the phone or laptop as often due to work that must be done, but I usually find the time to get on my media usage at the most inconvenient times. It distracts me from doing things I should be doing For example, the second day of this media trial watch, I was supposed to be working on a important assignment for work. I decided to take a “breather” from “critically thinking” and stressing out so I started watching YouTube. I went from watching my favorite Youtubers to watching music videos, to watching The Wanderers (hyperlink) I spent about 4hrs wasting time. I felt remorseful at first when I realized I would be staying up later than normal to finish my work assignment but I continued to watch youtube. Media has doe nothing but waste my life away!
My daily habits tend to be very bland.
Wake Up-Check email
Shower- Listen to Spotify
Get ready- Listen to spotify-check all social media website (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat)
Leave for work: Continue listening to music while on the Redline train towards Grand/State. Continuously and mindlessly check social media accounts all while ignoring pretty much everything that is going on around me.
Get to work: I tend to stay off social media during this time and finish up work projects but I do find time every now and then to check my Facebook or snapchat.
Leave work and head to class: He comes the same mind numbing routine on my way to school.
At school: while at school I do a lot of pointless fb/twitter/instagram checking throughout the day. I do however, read aa lot more news articles—tech updates—and and sport news that might be relevant or somehow important to me.
After classes are over: After classes are over I get back on the train only to continue drowning out all the things around me.
After really analyzing and recording my media use, I found it a bit depressing to know that I constantly have my head phones on and checking things that don’t need to be checked. My routine is awful to say the least. I rely on my phone for entertainment that really isn’t there. Checking my Facebook/twitter/snapchat/instagram every 10minutes isn’t entertaining, its boring. Even as I write this, I’m annoyed at the temptation I have to stop and switch over to Facebook and see what new “social” trend is going around. It’s literally the same thing over and over again. Nothing new is keeping me entertained. Its not that I don’t like social media or any media for that matter, its that I lose a sense of human interaction when I’m glued to my screen thinking of clever things to post.
These past five days have been dull, the same routine and media use. Granted, somedays im not on the phone or laptop as often due to work that must be done, but I usually find the time to get on my media usage at the most inconvenient times. It distracts me from doing things I should be doing For example, the second day of this media trial watch, I was supposed to be working on a important assignment for work. I decided to take a “breather” from “critically thinking” and stressing out so I started watching YouTube. I went from watching my favorite Youtubers to watching music videos, to watching The Wanderers (hyperlink) I spent about 4hrs wasting time. I felt remorseful at first when I realized I would be staying up later than normal to finish my work assignment but I continued to watch youtube. Media has doe nothing but waste my life away!