The Unplugged Challenge seemed like a good idea at first, but when I went to try it at my school, many problems came up that prevented it from being successful. What is an Unplugged Challenge? An Unplugged Challenge is an extended period of time where a person, or group of people, will go without social media. It is meant to be a time to reset and find a good balance between life online and life in the real world. My Goal So, after finding out about this challenge from one of

The First Days When I first began this challenge, it was very hard for me to figure out what to do. I constantly would catch myself turning to my phone, going to open up my apps and then realize that they had been deleted. I suddenly was stuck looking out the window in the car on the way to school or just waiting and doing nothing while I was bored. It was odd not having something to entertain me when I was in a break period between classes, sitting in the car, or even waitin

My Story Hi guys, I’m Elli Jelinek, and I’m a Junior at the John Cooper School in The Woodlands, Texas. This blog all started with my sacrifice for lent during my sophomore year; social media. I had slowly noticed myself getting so into my phone, and starting to slip away from the real world. I felt as if I needed a change, a literal reality check. My nights were beginning to turn into me sitting in my room, telling myself I would only scroll for ten minutes before doing my h