March 1st 2011 / Immersion Project

I started out this immersion project very well. I woke up and immediately remembered that I wasn't allowed to text or get on any non-academic website. I was almost happy about it too. It was a chance for me to gain my independence back from these electronic obsessions. I did have many occasions where I would receive a text message, read it and then begin to reply. However, every time I caught myself in the act and stopped. I had to decided how to tell everyone that was texting me why I was ignoring them. I decided if people send me a text message, immediately after, I will call them and explain the situation. There were about sever or eight phone calls that I had to make. I then continued to tell them that if they wanted to talk to me, they could email me or call me on my cell phone... I haven't received any phone calls since then. Which gets me wondering: Are people texting because they want to talk to you? Or is there a different reason why people are so inclined to send messages but not call and verbally communicate.