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DIGITAL DETOX

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Rj Alguzar
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DIGITAL DETOX: A DAY WITHOUT DEVICES

A Reflection Paper (Living in the IT Era)

BSHM2A

Alguzar, Rj P.
It’s always a wonderful day when it’s Saturday; everything is at peace and
in serenity. I started off my morning by doing 10 pushups, cleaned my room,
cooked rice for the family, and while the rice was cooking, I took a bath. By 8:00
a.m. sharp, I had breakfast. After that, I fed my 4 kittens and gave my other cat
some medicine, for this cat had a cold. By 9:00 a.m., I took my casual reading
time—I sat by the balcony with some coffee.

This is a norm for me; I always read on Saturday mornings after breakfast for at
least 1–2 hours. The book that I am currently reading is titled Moonwalking with
Einstein, a memory book whose author is named Joshua Foer. I am now on page
69, which is chapter five. The chapter is titled "Memory Palace."

I read for the whole course of 2 hours without any disturbance. The notifications
from my phone did not bother me; even though it was tempting to open it, I chose
not to. I was severely anchored to the book—my attention was locked in, for I
was in a very interesting chapter.

Here I read about a memorizing method called "memory palace." It is a practice


that is done by mental athletes. In this book, it is said that in order to truly make
something stick in our memory, we need to associate it with something familiar,
something that has a deep connection within us. Particularly places, houses, or
any environment that we are familiar with.

What you need to do is visualize what you need to remember and put it
somewhere in your cognitive space—in this instance, your own memory palace.
From here, you put it in familiar places, like on the sink, refrigerator, bedroom,
or even in your bathroom. It all works. It is said that our brain is a master of
remembering spaces. We are more likely to visually remember spaces than any
other form of sensory information, according to psychologists and neurologists,
due to our hippocampus—in simple terms, our brain’s GPS system.
It was nice to learn about this in full detail. To be frank, I knew about this method
already. I learned about it on YouTube last year and already have my own
memory palace. It consists of three separate places: Purok 1, Purok 2, and Purok
3. Yes, it is my hometown, our barangay called Tambis.

I bought this book to fully understand the capability of the human mind in terms
of memorizing, for I believe that memory mastery is essential in college—
specifically for me, as I am a BSHM student. I am assumed to be able to memorize
multiple places, both domestically and all throughout the world. So yes, this book
is the answer for such troubles.

After my reading session, I did my laundry. I put it in the washing machine and
let it spin for a couple of minutes. As the laundry was spinning, I made some
lunch. I chopped some onions and garlic and opened a can of corned beef. After
that, I set up the fire in our kitchen—we use wood as a fire source.

Fast forward to after lunch and laundry. I sat down and arranged some of my
pencils in the correct order from 2B to 8B. I also sharpened a couple of them. I
was now ready to draw. I continued drawing this portrait of a girl that I started
weeks ago. It was on pause due to other academic responsibilities—or shall we
say midterm. I drew for about 3 hours. I shaded and drew lines, determined the
depths of the face, and placed highlights and shadows. Finally, I finished her face
and hair. I left it like that, for I was already satisfied with the progress.

What’s left to do is the rest of the body. However, I am a person who values
patience in terms of making art. I do not like to draw in a rush, for I believe that
in order to achieve perfection, you must be meticulous about your work. You
must pay attention to your progress in full detail. You must be patient in order to
analyze and reflect on what’s wrong and what’s right—perhaps some other time.

After drawing and sitting for a couple of hours, my body was craving some
activity, so I thought about badminton. I messaged a friend, and we played
badminton throughout the rest of the afternoon until 6:00 p.m. After that, I went
home, cooked some rice, took a bath, ate with my grandparents, fed the cats,
washed the dishes, and then I sat down and set up my laptop. I then started writing
this reflection paper.

I spent the whole night writing, and when I got bored, I read the book once again.
It was an on-and-off situation between writing and reading the book—I was
constantly writing and reading back and forth. I utilized the book as a source of
entertainment to keep me going throughout the night.

Whenever I do some work on my laptop, especially like writing, there’s always a


source of entertainment. It’s somehow a necessity for me. It comes in many
forms—it could be music, food, my cats, and in this instance, my books. Because
whenever I work on my laptop, I easily get drowsy for some reason. It could be
due to the way I sit, which affects my posture, or the brightness of the white
screen, which hypnotizes me to sleep.

It was a wonderful day of progress and activity, I was happy that I did a lot of
things. It truly contrasts with the days when I am always on my phone and other
digital devices. The absence of digital media is truly beneficial—it eliminates
procrastination, detoxifies the mind of irrelevant information, and lastly, makes
you physically productive. This challenge was truly a great idea and was certainly
eye opening. I aspire to make this practice a norm in my life.

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