6:00 a.m.: I woke up this morning and even though I do not like to admit it, the first thing I do is check my phone for any notifications. I’ll scroll thru everything I missed while I was sleeping (why do so many emails come thru after 10:00pm?) I didn’t miss anything important.
6:15 a.m.: I open my Instagram app and start to watch stories of my favorite influencers. Most of the people I follow live on the east coast so there is usually a good amount to go through as I wake myself up for the day. I also mess around in Snapchat to make sure I don’t lose any of the streaks I have going with friends.
6:30 a.m.: I finally roll out of bed to get ready for work. I always listen to podcasts on the Spotify App while getting ready. Today’s listen was episode 463 of My Favorite Murder titled “We are never Brief.”
7:15 a.m.: I open several apps that I use for work to check in before getting started for the day. I use GroupMe and Workplace apps as well as some work specific sites through my phone’s browser.
8:00 a.m.-12 p.m.: I’m working at this point, so I don’t have a lot of media usage, but when I do it’s usually messaging app that the managers in our district use. We celebrate the morning goals, ask questions, ask for help and just give support throughout the day.
12:30 p.m.: Lunch break! First thing I go to is Instagram. I watch some more stories as I eat, send some reels I find relatable to my work bestie and engage with content.
4:30 p.m.: Headed home, I connect Spotify to my cars airplay and listen to Tyler the creator. Taking my daughter to his concert soon and was informed I need to “catch up” on his older stuff too, just in case.
5:30 p.m.: Today is Wednesday so my TV time is enjoyed first opening the streaming service Paramount+. NCIS and NCIS Origins should have loaded by now, so I do my catch up watching…but there wasn’t a new episode. I switch over to Peacock because Brilliant Minds should have a new episode today! Still nothing. Was there no live television this week? My final attempt to indulge in television, I head to Netflix. Here I’m re-watching The Resident (Matt Czuchry is so dreamy #TeamLogan), Netflix never lets me down.
7:30 p.m.: I guess I should be responsible today and do some classwork, I pull out my laptop, log into MyAsu and listen to some lectures. I also get distracted at this point and stumble upon a Disney planning site and start to price out a vacation (I don’t understand how this always happens to me when I’m studying.)
9:00 p.m.: One last mindless scroll on Instagram stories before bed. Once I’m done with that I turn on my white noise app and go to sleep!
What Ive learned during this exercise is that I spend too much time on social media. As far as credibility for the apps I use, I typically only follow individuals who post their day to day lives. There isn’t a lot of things shared that could be misconstrued or sway opinions (unless I’m trying a pick a new lip color), so I’d say they are credible.
Leave a Reply