I am going to be doing a shortened version of the "VitaminWater challenge".

我要來進行簡短版的「維他命水挑戰」。

And instead of giving up my iPhone for an entire year, I'm going to be giving it up for just a week, which I think it's gonna feel like much longer than it is.

我將放棄我的 iPhone 一週而非整整一年，而我認為這會比實際上來得還要長。

And instead of using a regular smartphone like I normally do, I'm going to be using a flip phone instead.

我不會使用我平常用的智慧型手機，取而代之，我會使用翻蓋式手機。

And this is my Tracfone that I got for 13 USD at Best Buy and it calls and texts and that's pretty much it.

這是我用 13 美元在「百思買」買的 Tracfone，它可以打電話跟傳簡訊，差不多就這樣。

So on any given week I use my one iPhone for about ten to 20 different things.

不論哪一週，我都會用我唯一的 iPhone 做 10 到 20 件不同的事情。

But to replace my smartphone for even just one week it requires all of these different things.

就算只是要取代我的智慧型手機僅僅一週，還是需要這些所有不同的東西代替。

I have my book, my physical alarm clock, cash, stopwatch, a flip phone to call and texts, my iPod video, my recorder, hand-drawn maps and of course my desktop phone.

我有我的書、我的鬧鐘、現金、碼表、用來打電話跟傳簡訊的翻蓋式手機、第 5 代 iPod、我的錄音機、手繪地圖，當然還有我的桌面電話。

[Morning routine] So one morning during my week without a smartphone, I accidentally turned my alarm clock off, instead of pressing the snooze button.

(早晨例行事項) 某天在沒有智慧型手機的早晨，我不小心關掉我的鬧鐘，而不是按下貪睡鈕。

And normally on my iPhone I have like three backup alarms set but I don't have any of those and so I ended up being late to work.

正常來說，我的 iPhone 上有 3 個備用的鬧鐘，但我現在沒有了那些，所以最後我上班遲到了。

So I do physical therapy stretches every morning and normally as my phone as a timer, and this week, I had to use an actual stopwatch.

我通常每天早上都會用我的手機當作計時器來做物理治療伸展，但這週我必須使用真的碼表。

[At work] So I normally use an app on my phone record interviews but this week I had to use my desktop phone and a physical recorder to be able to do it.

[工作時] 通常我會用我手機的一個應用程式來錄下面談內容，但這週我需要用我的桌面電話和錄音機才有辦法做到。

I don't know how to do this.

我不知道要怎麼做。

I was surprisingly difficult to be able to a, track someone down who had and I could borrow and b, know how to set it up and connect everything correctly.

我很難做到 A：找到一個擁有它且可以跟他借的，還有 B：知道要如何安裝和正確地連接所有東西。

I'm going out to dinner tonight at a ramen restaurant in midtown and I kind of know how to get there but I don't exactly know how to get there.

我今晚要去市中心的一家拉麵店吃晚餐，我大概知道要怎麼去，但不知道準確來說要怎麼走。

[Getting around] So getting around the city was quite the process as I had to physically hand draw maps to give me directions.

(四處活動) 在城市中四處活動是相當漫長的過程，因為我必須親手繪製地圖，我才知道方向。

And I need to go that way.

我要走這邊。

And even though New York City is a grid system and it was pretty easy, I still got turned around a few times.

儘管紐約市是格子式佈局，很容易懂，但我仍回頭了幾次。

Oh no, wait, no, this way!

喔不，等等！不，是這邊。

[Going out with friends] At brunch, one of my friends offered to put our entire bill on her credit card and just have everyone pay her back and because I don't have access to Venmo this week, I had to scrounge around for cash, which I normally don't keep on hand.

(跟朋友出去) 吃早午餐時，我其中一個朋友先把全部的帳用信用卡付清，然後要我們再把錢給她，但因為這週我無法使用 Venmo (行動支付)，身上通常又不會帶現金，因此我必須四處尋找能提領的地方。

Time to pay for brunch.

是時候要支付早午餐的帳了。

I felt so disconnected from my friends throughout this whole challenge.

在整個挑戰中，我感覺我和朋友非常疏遠。

I wasn't able to contribute to group chats; I wasn't able to give my thoughts or ideas of making plans.

我無法在群組聊天中發言；無法在制定計劃時提供我的想法或主意。

Even when I hosted a game night, my friends hammered out all the details amongst themselves in a group chat and then just relayed it to me about a party happening at my house!

甚至連我主辦的遊戲夜，我的朋友們會自己敲定所有細節，再將那些在「我家」舉辦的活動細節傳給我。

Texting might have been the worst part of the entire thing. It took forever to type out even just one text.

打字應該是這整個挑戰中最糟的一個部分，撰寫一則訊息都會花上你一輩子。

Gotta finish this text.

我需要打完這則訊息。

I did not miss social media at all.

我一點都不想念社群軟體。

And despite some hiccups getting used to the end-all technology, it was not nearly as annoying as I expected it to be.

儘管要習慣這些早期科技有點麻煩，但這沒有我想像中的那麼討厭。

I loved not being available 24/7 and I was 100 percent present in every moment.

我喜歡自己不是隨時都有空，而且能夠 100% 活在當下。

I would never do this again because the problem is the sense of isolation.

我再也不會這樣做了，因為問題在於孤立感。

From now on, I plan to limit the amount of time I spend just mindlessly scrolling.

從現在開始，我預計限制自己盲目滑手機的時間。

But I'm not willing to sacrifice the sense of connection and being able to keep in touch with my friends and family.

但我不想要犧牲連結感，還有能夠和朋友家人保持聯絡的感覺。

Still texting.

我還在打字。

And still texting.

到現在也還在打字。

I miss having autocorrect.

我很想念自動校正的功能。