Monday, September 6, 2010
Media Fast
I chose to do my media fast on Saturday because I really wanted to challenge myself. I did not want to have the excuses of class and work to skew my perspective on how much I need various types of media. I woke up that Saturday morning at 11:00 AM and all went well for about 2 hours. In my media log I realized how much I listen to music. I was really missing my music and I had the urge to check facebook. I sang to myself, and ran without music. What really made a difference was being in a band. I hung out with them for a while as well as some other friends and got my mind off of it. We then played our own music. I don't know if that would count as media, but we didn't play any covers, only originals. Having my friends with me really helped. I just left my phone, and my ipod at home and sang to myself while driving around. Fasting from media was harder than I expected it would be. I never thought of myself as media dependent, and I still think I'm not as bad as it gets, but it was very difficult to not listen to music or check facebook. The media fast has given me a new found respect and appreciation for listening to music and an awareness of how much the media has impacted my routines and day.
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Just think about all the time you can practice on your voice!
ReplyDeleteI agree about listening to music while excercising.. That was nearly impossible for me.. Im surprised you did a saturday!! I had to do a sunday where at least i could catch up with homework and review a little..
ReplyDeleteMusic was very hard for me to give up as well. I need the background noise when I am sitting in my apartment.
ReplyDeleteRunning without music can be a great task. However, I find that when I run with music I think more than I do when I'm without it. I totally agree that going without music is extremely hard esp. in college when we are constantly on the move from one place to another.
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