This past weekend was one of the biggest fails in my life. I am in a Mass Media class and my teacher, Miss Boman, asked all the students to do the impossible. We had to give up media for the whole weekend from Friday starting at 3 p m to Sunday ending at 3 p m. It was impossible, for in this day and age, who can give up media? It is one of the biggest things in a person's life and their way to connect to the outside world and their friends. I didn't last ten minutes. I had my phone out and I was checking my iPod for any notifications. I knew it was going to be a long weekend.
My life, like everyone else's, revolved around media. My Achilles heel is music. Take out music and I flounder in a pool of boredom. I listen to music in the car, while taking a shower, while doing homework, even while sleeping. Music calms me down and shuts out the world and my problems. But my problem was having to give up the music. And like Achilles when the arrow struck his heel, I failed. The fast was terrible for me. Music was playing, I watched TV, I was on my phone and iPod. I fasted about as well as a fat kid in a candy store. I did not do well in the fast at all, so Miss Boman decided that myself, and the rest of the kids that failed, redo the media fast! Oh boy, what fun! I will be put through this AGAIN. I couldn't handle it the first time, let alone a second.
But this will be a healthy change for me. It will teach me self control and not to rely so heavily on technology. The first was a "test run", but the second will turn out much better.
