So the 2 weeks have passed. Quite quickly, I must add, because in just the past few days I had to go back and forth between entertaining my cousin and her cousin, preparing for the new school year, and actually going to school. It was a fun experiment, and I am glad I survived. I didn’t...

Hello Everybody! We have all survived two weeks! WOOHOO! I must admit, not being around the social media for two weeks has been very challenging for me. However, I am very proud that I was able to do it! Initially, I was scared of being tempted to log on Facebook or watch television, however,...

It’s over. What a  trip. It’s not necessarily the fact of social media itself, – they appear not to have much value for social matters. But the hightened attention and awareness has been intense. And it brought me somewhere, connected me to what matters to me. It had been...

Though it may not be necessary to reiterate what the other Challenge Warriors have already summed up, the last day of Two Weeks Without Media deserves a celebratory post. The experience has been educational and inspirational, challenging yet relaxing, and invigorating but boring. I have no...

As a team we’ve been through two weeks of madness, forced studying, free thought, and ultimately a removal from the world of media. While none have escaped the obvious drudgery of this experience none have struggled to find positive in the situation it presented. Our project has been an...

With the last day finally here, I can safely say this has not been an easy journey. I realized how attached I am to media and it is quite difficult to control myself at times. I succeeded with my goal to stay off media and yet I still feel sad that even though these two weeks have taught me...

Today marks a rather important day, and before you assume that I am just trying to be melodramatic and whatnot, let me explain to you why. First of all, today was my first day of School, or, to be more specific, my LAST first day of HIGH SCHOOL. If that’s not something worth being...

Looking back, I would have to say that the past (almost) two weeks seems to have gone by pretty fast. Only one more day, and I will be plunging back into the media world. It is no doubt however, that these two weeks have taught me many valuable lessons, especially one that gives me the...

The challenge is drawing to a fast close and I’ve found it an enriching experience. While there were moments of boredom and struggle I’ve been forced to find time for things I didn’t necessarily make time for before from reading for leisure and practicing driving for my...

Heyyyyy! Seems like I did go “off the grid” completely for a while! Sorry for blogging after a long time, it’s just that I’m really enjoying living without the “social media”. Even though some people may have given up in this challenge (I HOPE NOT!),...

Okay, the storms of with and without media have finally brought me to the medium that matters most to me.   Medium may refer to: Medium (communication), storage and/or transmission tools used to store and deliver information or data Communication Transmission medium, in physics and...

In the recent days I have progressed further from the constraints of this escapist media-crazy world and embraced the bare minimal joys that are the very essence of a happy life. I have spent time with my friends, some of the greatest people I know, and found new ways to entertain myself while...

These past 3 days were mostly spent meeting and catching up with old friends and family. Here are a few of the highlights: 1) On Day 7,I met up with an ex-schoolmate who has returned from the States for the Summer, and together we did an informal photoshoot by the park. I have always been fond...

I wish I didn’t have to work with computers so much. The constant same distance that my eyes are screwed to, the constant look at tiny black figures and forms on white… not touching things, not moving… I don’t like it. Not SPEAKING! And in total isolation since I...

STILL ALIVE, not to worry. I know my updates are long overdue but my absence is just a testament to how much I’ve enjoyed my time without media. A couple days back I left town with minimal supplies with my family and vacationed in a resort somewhere up north. Here there was no internet...

My life since day 2 of these 2 WEEKS WITHOUT MEDIA has been uneventful. I’ve been: - Reading - Going outside and meeting up with Nimarta - Going outside and tour-guide-ing my cousin and her cousin - Studying for SAT - Getting started on college apps - Working on an English essay The...

I’ve spent the past few days at Niagara Falls and found a welcome break from the stresses of two weeks without media with many distractions and days full of touring, but only a few days remain until my return to the grind of hours of novels and guitar playing. The difficulty so far seems...

Day Six has been a great day. Yes, so great that I feel jubilant enough to rock out to some Beatles mind jams (all a cappella of course). I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and made a beautiful berry smoothie. After soaking in all the antioxidants, I broke out my new soy wax “Sea...

I’ve been playing more Didge that over the past 10 years. And better. Real proof image follows. I was tempted to compromise on playing a videogame with my son. One that really messes up my mind for hours. But the access codes are used up and we have to wait for new ones. Thanks,...

Almost halfway through with the experiment! I’ve got to say, this new lifestyle is gradually becoming not so bad after all. I find myself getting more and more used to the new habit of getting up in the morning and jumping straight into reading and studying, rather than waste an hour or...

I logged on yesterday full of bubbly enlightenment, bragging of the tremendous ease and grooviness of this challenge for a beach bum. Is it too late for me to retreat those statements? Living without the daily distractions of media has a much more pronounced affect when at home. I have an...

The first few days of this challenge were a pleasant walk in the park, or should I say-beach, for me. I just arrived home today from Outer Banks, North Carolina. The first morning was filled with fruitless atempts to check Twitter and Instagram (no worries- common sense kicked in before I...

I find myself half struggling and half thriving during this challenge. While I often have to fight urges to turn on the TV or open up Facebook I also have found myself opening my mind to endless reading. Every bit of print I see from magazines to newspapers to novels I can’t help but...

Update Numero 2. So I’ve mentioned in my previous post that I would be heading to Rayong for a family vacation, and that I will return today to give an update on how the trip went and whatnot. Well, it turned out that the “trip” only lasted for a day due to a family...

  Day 1 is done, it’s Day2 hot summer afternoon, 30 degrees, and I have found a nice PEACE. I haven’t had it for a long time. I think it is a result, partly due to the experiment. Day 1 started like ****, no music to motivate me for a merry ride of computer work. Thats was...

And the two weeks finally begins. As it is my daily routine to be involved in various social-media oriented activities such as Facebook, watching movies, listening to music; today seemed rather different. I spent the whole day without doing all the things that I normally do and guess what? I...

Day 1 has come and gone and it really wasn’t that bad. Sure I couldn’t check facebook, though throughout the day the itch to log in just got worse and worse. Yet I restrained myself and for that I am proud. Just like my friend Hanh, I did experience a slight mental degradation and...

Dear civilized world, or you people “out there”, It is still within the first 24 hours of my self-inflicted boycotting of media. It is still too early to make any speculation about my life 336 hours from now. However, I will say that I have experienced a slight mental degradation,...