Personal Inquiry Assignment

Liz Pham-Ta

Baldwin

November 18, 2016

English 101

For a week, I lived on nothing but vegan foods and drinks. The majority of the drinks came from Starbucks, due to the fact that I am obsessed with their “pink drink”, but instead of the having the pink drink with the usual coconut milk they have in it, I opted to put soy milk instead. The pink drink, ingredient by ingredient, is strawberries, various fruit juices (apple, strawberry, and raspberry), and coconut milk. The drink with the substitution was $5.89. Getting that two to three times a day, especially over the weekend (State Swimming in Topeka, I stayed all day every day), was very costly. In all, it pretty much cleared out my entire paycheck ($150).

For food, I basically lived off of fruit and salad. At one point on Sunday, I broke down and went to Wendy’s and bought fries, but since fries are potatoes with salt, I wasn’t too worried. Going to a restaurant, though, on Monday, proved to be hard. I had a date, and I almost rain-checked him just so that I didn’t have to look at meat and absolutely NEED to have it (also, I’m a baby and I was nervous for the date itself). Anyways, I got up the courage to go, and just ended up getting a salad, much to my date’s teasing me for the rest of the night. After I explained to him what exactly I was doing and how I would NEVER order a salad at a restaurant, even on a date, he ended up joining me in my experiment and so now he’s trying it for a week.

On Tuesday, I had a super busy day of studying and catching up to do, so I ended up just going to Starbucks at 7 am and studying until I had to go to Italian, which is at 1 pm. I left around noon so that I could catch the bus to Italian, but in the morning I had a blueberry muffin and a pink drink. That evening, I studied some more and got ahead for the long weekend ahead of me, that way I didn’t have as much to do for break.

On Wednesday, I went to the store and picked up soy milk (which, by itself, tastes disgusting) and of course, regular whole milk for after my experiment. I picked up a crap ton of apples and a couple bags of grapes, as well as some pre made salads (no cheese, just vinaigrette). Living off of all of that for a week was not a huge challenge, as I do not usually eat anyways, and if I do, it is not a lot (unless I have not eaten all day, then it gets bad). I live off water and coffee pretty much every day.

On Thursday, all I had was a salad and a pink drink from Starbucks yet again. I had a ton of stuff to do to get ready for my weekend at the swim meet, so I wasn’t exactly free to make anything special. I am definitely thinking of making quinoa tomorrow, though.

On Friday, all I had today was a salad and a pink drink from Starbucks yet again. I had a ton of stuff to do to get ready for my weekend at the swim meet, so I wasn’t exactly free to make anything special. I am definitely thinking of making quinoa tomorrow, though.

Over the weekend, I was at the state swimming meet for the entirety of it, so I essentially was running around trying to organize heats and events and getting everything settled so I wouldn’t have to stress as much. I brought a couple bags of fruit every day, mainly just grapes and some apples. I made my own pink drink later Saturday night, but I’m never doing it again because it tasted absolutely disgusting. On Sunday, I ended up breaking down and going to Wendy’s and buying french fries, and honestly, I have no regrets.

The reason I wanted to try this experiment is because one of my best friends is vegan and she’s very skinny and very healthy. I called with her before I started the experiment and had her give me a run down on what her first week was like becoming vegan, and for some reason, it wasn’t as hard in action as she made it seem.

My initial questions were: What would it be like? How would I feel before, during, and afterwards? Is it disgusting? How restrictive must I be while doing this? After my first week, which ended yesterday (I actually went for two weeks instead of one because I broke down and had a burger at the Casbah), I felt less bloated, skinnier, and overall I felt “glowy” in a sense. I felt healthy, and it actually felt pretty amazing. Becoming vegan for a week, or even two, was not as hard as I was expecting it to be, but there are quite a bit of restrictions within it. For example, you cannot have regular milk, even skim, at all. The hardest part was having to figure out or inherently know what was or could be in foods and make the assumption that you cannot have it.

Overall, I would definitely try this again, considering it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would. Next time I try it, though, which will not be for a while, I will definitely have to try to not break down, especially since I was so close on the second to last day.

Sophia Schippers

For my weeklong behavioral experiment I choose to train myself to become a lucid dreamer. In order to train myself to become a lucid dreamer I watched myself count to 10 at least two time every night, and I wrote down what i could recall from my dreams as soon as I woke up. The reason I watched myself count my fingers every time I went to sleep was because after I fall asleep and begin to dream, I could help myself become more in control of my dreams. Once I enter REM sleep and begin to dream, I can take control of my dream by telling myself to watch myself count to 10 in my dream. After doing counting to 10, I then realize I am in a dream and I can control what I want to happen. However, this method did not begin to really work for me till the 5th day do to my lack of sleep. Another technique I used to train myself to be a lucid dreamer was to put a note pad and pen right next to my bed. The reason for this was, when I wake up in the morning I could write down what I could recall from my dreams. At the beginning I could only write down a few objects and faces I could recall, but later into the week I was able to write down 2-3 sentences, and by the 5-6 day I was able to remember 2 or 3 full dreams from the night before. The reason I want to write down my dreams was not really for a control method, but it was for me to be able to identify repeating symbols or scene from my dreams. Being able to identify symbols and scenes in my dreams can help me realize when I am in a dream. In doing this, it will make it easier for myself to take control of my dreams. 

The original reason I choose to train myself to be a lucid dreamers was do to time management. Since I had a larger project taking place in my other classes, I figured lucid dreaming only requires small changes to my night and morning routine, and most of the work took place in my sleep. Dreaming itself has always been an interest of mine because my dreams usually are a reflection of what happened in my day, how I am feeling, or it depicts an event that is going to happen. I also always felt that lucid dreaming was something neat to try but I never had the motivation to try my hardest to recall my dreams in the morning or make it a habit to watch myself count my fingers every night. I had learned these small techniques from a blogger who has gone through lucid training himself, Tim Post. He posted on snoozon in the past and had shared what techniques worked best for him and why. Post not only wrote down hit dreams, but he also drew an image of each dream helping him remember exactly what his dream looked like. 

After a weeks worth of Lucid dream training, I feel that I am still not very good a taking control of my dreams, but I have definitely seen improvement. For example, I am able to vividly remember most of my dreams when I wake up, and I can now distinguish patterns and symbols in my dreams to help me take control of them more. Being able to count to ten in my dreams is still a challenge, but I can recall myself thinking about doing it or looking at my hand. Lucid dream training is a process, but if you are consistent and take the time to adopt small habit into your nightly/daily routines, becoming a lucid dreamer is not hard to achieve.

The images below are small excerpts of me trying to recall my dream as vividly as I can. On the fist picture depicted, I had woken up around 3 am and scribbled down small words, thinking I could build on my word I had written down in the morning, but to my surprise I had no recollection of these dreams the following day. The next picture, I had woken up that morning and was about to recall very little from my previous dream, but I had made progress by being able to create a full sentence and recall small parts of multiple dreams I had throughout the night. Finally, In the last image I was able to recall at least one dream vividly. I was able to remember the dream so vividly, I was able to draw a small picture. When I look back at these notes I am befuddled at what I wrote, but I do find my dreams a bit humorous because many of these small word or sentences make me wonder what was going through my head that night.

How exercising every day drastically changed my lifestye

Ever since I came to college, I feel like I have been more lethargic and lazy than normal. I feel like back home I was more productive, was more active, and got more done in school and around my house. I realized the one thing that changed was my environment and my physical activity regime; I was not working out! I knew I needed to do something regarding physical activity and exercise. However, this is such a broad topic. I did not even know where to start. I wanted to test the correlation between productivity and physical exercise.

While I was brainstorming for my personal inquiry experiment, I was intrigued with the topic of physical exercise so I wanted to do something that made me more physically active than usual because I have felt rather lethargic the last few weeks. For my experimental procedures, I thought along the lines of walking to class on different routes, going on runs, and going out of my way to be less lazy. I realized I may need to start going on runs, riding bikes, and even doing different types of exercises.

I started my experiment on Sunday morning by going on a three mile run. My legs felt like they were still asleep almost thirty minutes into the run and I could feel my lungs inhaling and exhaling the entire time. I came back to our fraternity house, gave my body about an hour to recover, then I thought about what else I could do to be more active. My body felt like it did not want to move for at least another hour but I knew I needed to do something. I noticed other guys in my house playing basketball on the court outside so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to go out of my way to be active. I played three ‘pickup’ games of basketball and called it quits. My body was officially exhausted. The aftermath of my day was great; I felt accomplished, active, and relaxed. I felt like my mind was sharper and quicker, even.

On Monday, for my portion of the experiment, I rode my bike in the morning and I also took longer routes to my classes. I biked for four miles and I felt fantastic afterwards. I did not feel extremely tired, in fact I felt rather awake and energized so I decided to study and prepare for my classes that day. I then decided to walk all around campus for a total of thirty minutes before class started. For what I thought was going to be an awful time actually turned out to be very relaxing. It was nice to feel the breeze and get fresh air before my classes. It cleared my mind before class, was peaceful, and made me feel active. After my classes and at the end of the day, I was once again very satisfied with myself and my productivity throughout the day.

On Tuesday, I began my day by going to the recreational center before my classes started. I did a lot of exercises at the recreational center as well as played basketball with some friends. As I was walking out of the recreational center, I felt like my body was trembling and weak. Knowing my body has been working very hard, I was rather happy and proud of myself. I went to campus early and did my routine walk around before class began and after class ended I returned to the house. After I returned to my room, I reminisced on my day. It felt rather long and tiring, I was wiped out to say the least.

On Wednesday, to be completely honest, I was feeling extremely worn down. I did a handful of push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. My workout lasted around forty-five minutes and was actually pretty tiring. After my workout I felt energized and awake, although sore. I was once again very proud of myself. I then took my extra long route to my classes for the day. As I walked into class, I realized how much I was beginning to enjoy my additional time walking around campus and being active, rather than sitting on my couch before class started. During this time, I would always think about what I did in my previous classes to mentally prepare myself for what we would be doing in my upcoming class.

On Thursday, I woke up and went on another run. This was absolutely the hardest day for me. Not only are Thursdays my most exhausting days of classes but it seemed I was just having an off day. My run was a distance of two and a half miles and the fact that it was very cold out and I was underdressed made it a rather unfortunate start to my day. I realized my run was cut short this morning due to rolling my ankle so I thought about what I could do to make it a complete day of productivity. I knew I should try and keep most my weight off my ankle, so I decided it would be most logical to go on a bike ride. What I thought was a thirty minute bike ride turned out to be an hour and ten minutes. I biked back to the house and, like always, reminisced on my day. I realized that I faced a good amount of adversity during my physical activity throughout the day which made me even more proud of myself for overcoming it and continuing to live an active week.

On Friday, I knew I was going to have a very busy day. I woke up at 7:30am to get a run in before my 9am class. I thought this was initially going to be a very bold decision but it turned out to be a phenomenal start to my day. My run was a brisk mile and a half but it was fast and tiring. My run really woke me up and mentally prepared me for the day. It cleared any fog I still had from my sleep and cleared my mind. Afterwards, I headed back to the house where I played 4 pick-up games. I knew my day of activity had ended. I went to bed and prepared myself for the final day of my experiment.

It was finally Saturday. I woke up and immediately thought, “thank God.” I enjoyed my week of

being physically active because it made me feel accomplished, very productive, and also rather fit. I

woke up and went on a run to start my weekend. I ran for about a mile only and made an impulsive

decision to run to the recreational center. While I was there, I worked out my chest, forearms, and

back. I was extremely worn out. I went back to our house and realized that my experiment was

almost over so I rewarded myself with a small nap. I woke up after about two hours and then

proceeded to play basketball before going out for the night. After my day of activity ended, I thought

about my overall week. I realized that I felt more productive, I slept better, was less lethargic, felt

more ‘awake’ and alert, and am even more optimistic.

Calling a loved one a day           By: Will Kost

Each day we live our lives, most of us only think about what we do and not too much about the ones around us on a deeper level. Ever since I left for college I have missed my family and friends dearly so this experiment will work perfectly. In this week long experiment, I wanted to see what my family and friends do on a daily basis, what excites them, upsets them and what makes or breaks their day. This will change my daily very little by only taking about 10-20 minutes to talking to the ones I love will be no problem.
      My first call was to my mother, Jill. Today, on November 13^th she started the day and bought a new toaster over because her last one caught on fire. The toaster lasted about 5 years so I understand how I finally broke down after all this time. She is closing on a house she recently sold with one of our old neighbors and is going through the process of signing all the papers to turn the house over to the new owner. This Saturday KU is playing Texas in football and she is very much looking forward to seeing me and all my friends.

            On the next day, my Dad today supposedly, “made the best pot of coffee in the world.” He for sure was not too happy when the dog started running around and got too excited and peed on the floor when someone rang the doorbell. Things at work have been going well and just got promoted last week and celebrated with my mom and took her out to a dinner date night. He also as my mom is very excited to see me this weekend for the KU and Texas football game. He just started to retile our bathroom because it needs a major update and he’s quite the handy man and loves to do things around the house.

            My grandma Nana, a huge talker on her own, tells me about her whole entire day. She loves to start her day by having her morning walks with Papa as the sun rises. She cannot wait for her wine time with her friends in the late afternoon today. Around lunch time she looked for the best deals on Salmon at Sam’s club for dinner tomorrow night with a couple of neighbors. Nana did not like how she had to wait 20 minutes to see her dentist to call her in for her check-up but was very happy that I called to catch up with her and brightened her day!

            On November 16^th my grandpa Papa, does not so much like having walks in the morning with Nana but loves her company and likes to hear everything she has to say. Earlier in the day he enjoyed going to the gym because he likes to see all the young guns lift weights. He looks forward to his alone time to watch his shows later at night and not to be bugged by Nana. He is counting down the days until he sees me on Thanksgiving so we can pig out together and my mom cannot get mad at us.

            My sister Kelsey today was talking to me about her new house and how she is adjusting to living with a roommate and not us her family anymore. Not having a nice home cooked meal for dinner and lunch to come home to is what she misses the most. Her new job is going great as she’s loving it more than the last and is not stressed all the time. She also is not much of a talker so that’s about all I got out of her in a five-minute conversation!

            An old lifelong friends I’ve had was pleasantly surprised when he received a call from me which turned into a long talk today. We talked about life and college and how things are going. He currently is at Syracuse University, a long way away and is having a hard time to adjusting to the east coast way of living. He is very ready to come home and see everyone over Thanksgiving break and catch up. He is very nervous about an accounting exam he has later today but feels confident in it. We both miss each other and wishes each other the best in the next week.

            One of the most important people in my life Kendall, my girlfriend, and I had a great conversation today. We call each other every day since she unfortunately goes to TCU in Fort Worth. She always looks forward to talking to me each day and really is missing her mom’s cooking at home and hanging out with me all the time. Her classes were difficult today and is stressing out about her physics class. But she’s always the one to accomplish her goals and is always on the go. She was happy to get another call from me today right before bed just to talk about her day!

            On the last day, November 20^th, I assessed the week and looked over everyone’s days and how they went about their day and how it differs from person to person. No matter how close we are with those around us, there are still things about our loved ones we do not know about! I love talk to everyone and talk about their day and week. Taking only about 10-20 minutes out of my day to talk with the one’s I love makes their and my day just a little bit better and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It makes me think, why not call someone every day?

Time To Chow Down

Ashton Larabee

11/22/16

Marty Baldwin

English 101

            Since starting college I’ve felt totally drained and I feel a general lack of energy. My mom has told me for years to start my day by eating breakfast.  She is convinced that eating breakfast will help my energy levels. I decided to wake up every morning around 7 or 7:30 to go down to the dining hall, bedhead and all, to start eating breakfast for my experiment. It’s something I’ve never done even as a child. I never take the time out of my morning to sit down and eat breakfast. I would rather get that extra 30 minutes of sleep instead of eating breakfast. Breakfast has never been a priority in the morning for me, I set my alarm for the latest time possible and rush out the door.

            Since I was a little girl I’ve always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The United States Department of Agriculture states “Research shows that students who eat breakfast at school have increased standardized achievement test scores, improved attendance and reduced tardiness. Other research shows that students who eat breakfast have improved academic, behavioral, and emotional functioning.” After my week-long experiment of eating breakfast every morning I am now a strong believer! I was skeptical at first because I didn’t believe it would make a difference.  I was only angry because I thought it would be taking away precious sleeping time. I wanted more energy so that’s where my excitement for this experiment came from.

            Before doing the experiment, I would have trouble focusing on my school work and could barely climb up all the hills to class but when eating breakfast, I could do all that and more. I would rely on taking naps after class to make it through the rest of the day but I didn’t have to do that during my week-long experiment. The time I was usually napping I used that time to get homework done. That week was by far the most productive week I’ve had at college

            Throughout the day I felt a big difference. I felt myself smiling more and feeling uplifted and focused. The first day was the hardest. I wasn’t used to getting up so early and my body didn’t like having food in it so early in the morning. The first morning I ate eggs, diced potatoes and a small bowl of yogurt with granola and coconut. I didn’t feel a difference the first day or even the second. I felt drained from waking up so early so on the second day I decided to get my breakfast to go so I could eat in my bedroom. On that day, I ate a potato skillet bowl, a biscuit, pineapples, and a breakfast quesadilla. Reaching the third day it was becoming more familiar and I felt a surge of energy running through my body and it continued the rest of the week. The third day I ate a breakfast croissant sandwich, potato patties and bacon. I found that eating the protein and carbs made the biggest difference on my mood and energy.

            In an article, I read by Nicole Clancy she did a similar experiment but instead of never eating breakfast like me she was a big breakfast eater and did the opposite of my experiment. Her experiment was to not eat breakfast for a week. She experienced hunger, lousiness, loss of sleep, and no weight loss. It’s similarly to what I experienced but opposite. I was sleeping longer and harder which felt amazing compared to my regular sleep schedule. I noticed that I wasn’t snacking at all during the day. Eating breakfast allowed me the energy and fuel to make it all the way to lunch time.

            I often hear college kids complaining about having no energy.  Most people I know turn to coffee to give them a boost to wake up and get through the day. If we set aside a few minutes to eat breakfast, we will all have the energy we need. A simple bowl of cereal or pancakes with bacon will have a big difference on your day rather than skipping breakfast and eating nothing.

            After this experience, I realized that by not eating breakfast I was missing opportunities to achieve better days and a more energized lifestyle. I felt sluggish and craved energy. On the days I ate breakfast I felt more productive in getting my work done. I wasn’t relying on naps or snacks to get me through the rest of the day. I felt a huge difference from not eating breakfast to eating every morning. From now on I will continue to eat breakfast so I can achieve more throughout the day and through schoolwork. For anyone skeptical of this experiment I recommend you trying it and I guarantee you will see a difference for the better.

 

Work Cited

"Serving a Healthy Breakfast - Food And..." N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2016.

@PreventionMag. "6 Things That Happened When I Stopped Eating Breakfast." Prevention. N.p., 2016. Web. 20 Nov. 2016.

Breaking Free for a Week

In a world that’s run by technology and smart phones, I have always considered myself as someone who isn’t completely addicted, but recently that started to change.  I found myself wasting hours at a time scrolling through Facebook or being on snap chat.  I knew this was a terrible habit to start an I had absolutely no plan to stop.  So when I saw that someone in the class suggested going for a week without your phone as an idea, I jumped at the chance.  I was excited to see how my daily life would be affected and the outcomes that followed.  With this personal challenge about to start I hope to find out if my phone makes me more or less social, productive, and lazy.  With these three questions needing an answer I began my week long journey.       

Day one; First Day Lost

            Thirty minutes in and I had already run into my first issue, setting my alarm.  I have always had this vintage, old hammy down alarm clock that was my dad’s.  This was the first time I’ve used it and I realized that I had absolutely no clue how too.  Keep in mind I have never had to use a real alarm clock before because I always had my phone for that.  I figured it wasn’t that hard to use but I was completely wrong.  The thing was more complicated than a Rubik’s cube.  My first instinct was to call my dad an ask him but I had no way of doing that.  After thirty minutes of frustration I finally figured it out and could go to bed.  Waking up that first day was very difficult.  My usual morning routine is to lay in bed for a few minutes while I check my email, look through snapchat, and read the news.  Not being able to do that wasn’t the hard part but having to climb, what feels like 10 feet, out of bed at 7:00 o’clock in the morning just to turn off the alarm was a tremendous challenge.  After having my phone for so long I have grown accustom to the weight in my pocket.  The first time leaving my room without it made me feel naked.  There is something about my right pocket being empty that makes me feel uncomfortable and I think it is the weirdest thing.  As the day went on I continued missing my phone.  I had nothing to do while riding the bus, no way to take pictures of notes, and I had no music to listen too.  I really started to regret my choice, but I still couldn’t help to wonder what day two would bring. 

Day two; Saturday Blues

Second day in and I already have my first answer to a question.  After a day of being a complete lazy, anti-social bum, and extremely unproductive I thought it was already safe to say that I am much less productive without my phone.  Since it was the first weekend I would spend without my phone and I had expectations of being productive and social only to do the complete opposite.  I took a nap that I’m still not sure I woke up from.  In an effort to salvage the completely unproductive day I had, I decided to go to the store to pick up some things I needed.  While driving I had the irrational fear that my car would break down and I would get stuck, not being able to call anyone.  Of course everything was all right and I decided to hit the gym after.  I had one of the worst workouts of my life.  I’m not completely sure if it was because of not having my usual music to work out to or because I was tired from not doing anything but I left after 20 minutes. 

Day three; A Revelation     

As it turns out I can be productive without my I phone.  I had a relatively productive Sunday getting my homework done and enjoying football for the first time in a while.  For the past three years I have been in multiple fantasy football leagues, with my friends, that are extremely competitive.  Every Sunday I wake up and my day becomes consumed with checking my phone every five minutes to see how my fantasy teams doing.  This would completely limit how much focus I had for other things, including enjoying the football game.  For the first time I wasn’t so completely caught up in how bad or great my team was doing and I could actually watch the game not wishing ill  against players that I was versing.

Day four; New Best Friend

 Today I realized a few things, first one is that I am on my phone during class way too much.  I actually learned while sitting in my chemistry lecture and didn’t have to teach myself later.  Secondly, I rely upon my phone for reminders on what I have to get done during the day and I am completely lost without its help.  I was 40 minutes late to my allergy appointment that I have every Monday at exactly the same time for the past 2 years.  You would think that fact alone would be enough to make me remember or that I can barely breath for the week if I don’t get my shots.  It just shows that I am extremely reliant upon the calendar and reminders I have set.  The third thing is that my computer became my new best friend.  I wasted multiple hours, doing pointless things on it both yesterday and today.  It is my only link to the internet for the next few days and if I could, I would carry it around with me for the rest of this experiment.

Day Five; Coming Out of My Shell

As day five rolled around I was becoming more accustomed to life without my phone.  Aside from the strange feeling I get when leaving, today was a good day.  I was a lot more social than normal.  I made a couple new friends and I enjoyed having a conversation while riding the bus.  I consider myself a shy person around people I don’t really know but that wasn’t the case today.  It is becoming easier dealing with not having a phone. 

Day six; A Funny Story

As it turns out I still don’t completely know how to use my alarm clock.  I woke up at what I thought was 7 o’clock, as usual, and it was still dark out. I was just too tired to comprehend what had happened but I thought nothing of it and showered.  Afterwards I checked the weather like I normally do so I know how to dress.  For some reason my weather app wasn’t loading the temperature for 7 o’clock but instead had it for 6 o’clock.  I figured something was wrong my computer and wasn’t letting me refresh it.  So I went about getting dressed, eating breakfast, and heading to class.  Once I got to class I realized that I had woken up an hour earlier because somehow I had set my clock up an hour.  Having no desire to go back to sleep and a hour to kill, I got some homework done. 

Day seven; Test Day

Out of this entire week, today was probably the most convenient to not have a cell phone.  It was nice not having any distractions coming, from my cell phone, while trying to study for my chemistry midterm.  Unfortunately, this was by far the hardest test yet and I don’t think I got a better grade on it than the other two midterms.  If I would have, I could make a connection to not using your phone and getting better grades but what was defiantly true is that not having it helps you stay focused while studying.

Conclusion

I became interested in this research topics out of my own self-interest.  I think we all have a certain level of understanding that sometimes phones help us be productive and are great while other times they can be the biggest time wasting devices possible.  I think having just finishing four years of high school, where every teacher hates cell phones are still fresh in my mind.  This made me curious as to whether or not cell phones outside of class are also terrible distractions.  An article posted by Baylor University says that cell phone addiction is increasing and becoming more popular.  Based off of their study on cellphone activity women spend 10 hours on their cell phones a day and men spend 8.  This study was done on 164 college students and is crazy to think about.  My own personal experiment reveals that I personally, don’t think that I would be more social without my phone.  I believe that I did in fact become more productive without it even though it was slow to happen at first, as I was trying to get used to not having it.  Finally, without my cell phone I am extremely less lazy.  This was by far most clear cut thing I have taken from this experiment.

Work Cited

"Cellphone Addiction Is ‘an Increasingly Realistic Possibility,’ Baylor Study of College Students Reveals." Media Communications | Baylor University. N.p., 27 Aug. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2016