As a teenage boy I am constantly glued to my phone. I use it to communicate with friends, family, and teachers. However, at times I don’t realize how much time I truly spend on my phone not only daily, but hourly. I use my phone to communicate, and for the use of social media such as, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat etc. At times it feels as if my life revolves around these apps and it’s insane.  I no longer have a sense of urgency to physically talk to friends because it’s all a text away.

In my eyes this has impacted society in many negative ways, we now live in an instant world and it’s really hard for many to wait to communicate with someone. I sometimes get impatient waiting for a text and then come to realize it’s only been a minute since I sent the text message.

According to the washingtonpost.com teens spend about more than 7 and a half hours on their phone daily from texting to being on social networks. That’s basically a school day to some teens, and that’s the minimum amount of time some adolescence spend on their cell phone some spend more.

According to results of a recent survey I put out on how many times a student gets told to put their phone away 65% are told roughly around 5 times in just one hour . The insane thing is, is you shouldn’t even be on your phone at school.

Not only does this take away time from school and friendships, but it takes away time from the most important thing in life, family. Present day family time is full of technology .Mom watching her show, sister face timing with her friends , dad catching up on what he missed on Facebook , and brother trying to get his next mixtape out.

Many times “I love you” is said through a text or the phone, no longer in person. Changing the significance of the way it should be said.

Cell phones have changed our lives to the point where being asked in a relationship is now done through text. However, you do see in some cases where it is done in person.

There is many benefits to having a cell phone with being able to be in constant communication with people, business, and for school. We’ve just abused it and made it a much bigger part of our lives than it needs to be.

Also from the results of my survey about 33% of teens check their phone 10-15 times an hour.

One of the worst possible feelings is trying to talk to someone in person but they’re glued to their phone. It’s as if I’m speaking to myself and from that person all I get is an “Oh that’s crazy”, “Wait, I need to upload this picture real quick”, and a “Hold on let me send this text”.

The number one place to have a real and deep conversation with someone is through text messaging at late hours of the night. Everything is said easier through text than in person.