Personal Mini Exercises

For my second personal mini experiment, I chose an exercise from chapter ten that is labeled “Searching for Absorption: Finding Flow in Your School Day.” I chose this personal mini experiment because, with all the technology that is readily available and open for us to use it can be quite difficult finding time to actually sit down to do homework without interruptions. The experiment consists of taking a break from all screen time for two days so, this means no television, and no Internet surfing or instant messaging is allowed during this time period. Day one consisted of me placing my phone on mute and do not disturb mode, only allowing emergency calls or repeated calls from family members through. Secondly, I gathered up all of my due homework and made a list organizing my top priorities, I also put into consideration what tasks would require the use of a computer and I put an estimation of the amount of time I should spend on the internet for these specified tasks. I do not own an actual television however; I made it a point to log out from all my Netflix, Hulu and Amazon video accounts, thus eliminating …show more content…
I finally sat down and read over chapters that I have needed to give attention to as well as, completing small minute tasks for all of my four courses for the fall semester. After the third hour I was impressed by how much I had actually completed, I checked the time and took a 30-minute break. In conclusion, after finishing my break I then grabbed my list and checked off all of my completed tasks, I was very happy indeed all the tasks that did not involve the use of a home computer had been completed. I then gathered all my notes I had written previously and complied them into a study guide that would make sense; I ended my studying for day