As I pressed the timer beginning my 15 minutes, I found myself struggling to stay awake. I easily predicted this before I started, and I told my friends this is exactly how it would begin. Once I found the power to fight through my sleep deprivation, I decided to begin by thinking about the prompt. Was I truly addicted to my phone? I realized just how bad it was around minute 5. I started to hear my phone buzz, and had to fight my need to break and check who was texting me. Then I started to question, why can’t they wait? Do I owe everyone else my time? After that I started getting really deep. In this age, everyone thinks if you don’t respond immediately, you are ignoring them. Even my mom accuses me of that, someone who didn’t grow up with any smartphones. Why do others control how I spend my time? If I can’t go 15 minutes without feeling like I’m ignoring someone, then clearly something is very wrong. However I continue to do it, because the connection with others is worth it to me. How else could I communicate with my family in other states, or FaceTime my dogs? The fifteen minutes then ended with me thinking about how much I miss my dogs.