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A Phone’s Relationship with a New College Student

We haven’t been together for a long time, it’s been about 3 months now. Her old phone stopped working. I get the feeling she misses it, I work differently than she was used to. We have already had some good memories together though. We’ve taken lots of pictures since she’s gotten to college. Mostly of her with her friends, but also a lot of her family from when she’s gone home. I think my favorite pictures we’ve taken are those from the day at the apple orchard. Her niece and nephews were there along with her parents and older sisters and brother. Everyone was really happy that day, it had been the first time they had all gotten together in a long time and I was glad I got to witness it. This was one of the best days we’ve had together, most days aren’t quite as sweet.

She often takes me to classes where I get put in her bag for hours at a time. I usually get taken out during her mealtimes though. I feel a bit guilty because I take away her time with her friends but I’m still glad to see her. In these few months, we have already gone through a lot together. I’ve been through many calls to her family. Most times she’s just checking in with them to see how they’ve been and to tell them about her day. However, sometimes she’s sad. Sometimes she tells them, and in turn tells me, how much she misses being home. A couple of times her tears have hit my screen, but most of the time she is happy. Sometimes I hope I don’t make her more unhappy. Sometimes she smiles and laughs when she opens up Snapchat and sees messages from her friends, but some things she sees on it make her less happy. I think she’s happiest on Facebook because this is where she has a group chat with her family.

Time For Reflection

This weekend, I went home. I decided to do my 15 minutes of reflection at home on Saturday. I went outside and sat in a chair in my backyard for 15 minutes. I found it to be quite relaxing. It wasn’t too weird for me because it’s something I like to do, but I mostly do it in the summer. The weather wasn’t perfect because it was a bit cold and had rained earlier in the day, but I still enjoyed the time by myself. I personally am someone who likes to find time for just myself. I feel I get almost overwhelmed if I am not able to find this time to be alone. Although I have done this before, I still felt myself wondering how other people in my life were, and this made me want to reach for my phone and find out. Turkle explained how technology can distance us from the people right next to us because we are busy trying to connect with people who are farther away. I think this is true because I wanted to check on other people when my own family was right inside my house. Also, when I sat for this 15 minutes, I reflected on how I was feeling so far this year. I haven’t found a lot of time to think about how I am doing in college, and although I was home when I was doing this thinking, I was still able to reflect on how I feel while at school. It’s such a new and different experience, and sometimes I’m so busy that I don’t find time to actually think about how I’m doing. Taking this time over the weekend helped me to realize that I should find more time while at school to sit and think like this without a lot of distractions around. This time and space can be harder to find while at school than at home, so I need to work to make this time.

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