G.+Narrative+Essay

My parents and brother went visiting my grandparents in Norfolk, and just left me all alone at the house and normally I would have been fine by myself, but, for some reason, none of the technology in my house was working. At first, just like any person would, I panicked, but after five minutes I realized that not having technology could actually benefit me. I had an entire day to do all the things that I would not normally do with technology around me. On this day I accomplished many of the things that I wanted to do but never had time to do them. I decided that on this day I would always remember that I; organized and cleaned my house, finished reading the book I started, and took my time to do and recheck my homework, without any technology to distract or help me.

I was so board in my house without technology to entertain me, but when I tripped over some books, I decided to finally clean the house. My room was a mess, books and clothes were all over the place. I stacked the books then put them on shelves, but not all of them fit, so I put some in the other rooms. After I was done sneezing from all the dust in the books, I decided the house needed dusting, so I found a duster and started to clean. I dusted all corners of the house and used a stool to dust all the high places I could not reach. When I finished dusting I noticed that clothes was scattered all over my room, so I separated the clean from dirty and from the dirty I separated whites from colored. I put the clean clothes in my closet and put the dirty ones in the laundry room. Somehow, cleaning was turning out to be fun, so maybe not having technology can be a great thing.

After I was done putting away the clothes and finishing putting away the last of the books, I found one book with a bookmark in it and realized it was the book I started a week ago. I remembered that the book did not interest me, so it was no wonder I only got to chapter two in two weeks. The book was only two hundred pages long but for me it seemed much longer. It was English project so, when I finished cleaning the house, I sat in a chair and forced myself to read it. There was nothing else I could do besides reading my book, because none of electronics in the house was working. As I reached the third chapter, it got quite interesting, so I just kept on reading. Before I knew it, I had just finished the whole book and thus finished my English project, and I did it all because I had not technology to distract me.

While I put my finished English project book in my backpack, I remembered that I got a bundle of homework from my teachers. Normally I would rush into doing it but because I cleaned the house and read my book, I felt like taking my time and not rushing. I had no distractions like my cell phone, T.V., or computer, so I sat at the clean kitchen table and organized my papers so I could begin my work. As I actually read the questions on the worksheet, I noticed that they were not as hard as I thought they would be and that actually reading the questions helped me understand what to write. After answering each question with ease, I almost decided not to recheck my work, but I had plenty of time to recheck it, so I did. As I was rechecking my work, I noticed that I had too many spelling errors. This made me glad I decided to recheck my work, because all the errors would have given me low grade, even though I did finish it. I am sure that if the T.V. or my computer was working, I would have been detracted by them and used it as an excuse to avoid checking my homework.

All the things I have done on this day, such as; organizing and cleaning my house, finishing reading the book I started, and taking my time to do and recheck my homework, would not have been accomplished if the technology in my house had been working. Keeping not only my room, but my house clean and organized, helped me feel fresh and focused on the things that I should be doing. When I found my English book and started reading it, it did not take me long to finish it, and, if I had T.V at the time, I am sure I would have watched T.V. instead of reading the book. When I remembered I had home work, I did not rush through it, but read each question and rechecked my work, which, I am sure, I would not have done if my computer was on. I did all these things because I had no technology to distract me, but now I do these things even after the technology started to work again, because these things will help me focus more in the future.