Essay On Distracted Driving

SMACK! That is the sound of me running into the person walking in front of me. Someone might ask, “Why did you run into this person?” In this situation I was focused more on reading the text message that had just appeared on the screen on my cell phone than paying attention to where I was going. This is one situation of many where I find my self distracted by my cell phone. Out of all of life’s situations, I find myself most distracted by my technology while I am driving my car, sitting in class, and working out at the gym. One of the worst situations I could possibly find myself distracted in is while I am driving my car. While driving, I prefer to listen to music. Not only do I sing along to the music, but I also turn it up very loud. So loud, in fact, that

If I scroll through Instagram I will see tons of workout adds that all say the same thing, “Do you want thighs with that perfect thigh gap, and to have a tighter bottom? Well do my thirty minute bottomtastic workout and see fantastic results in just thirty days time!” This is something that I tend to focus on more when I am working out rather than what I actually need to be focusing. I let the technology distract me with these videos of workouts that they think I should be doing. When on the inside, I know what workouts I should be doing. Another thing that distracts me while working out at the gym is my music. When I am working out, I need that perfect workout song. The perfect song that gets my heart pumping just right and makes me feel good about myself at the same time. So, while I am running I get really into this song, and three minutes pass. I then have to stop to change the song. It then will probably take me a minute or two to find a new song. Then, as I reach the end of my workout I realize I spent more time looking for a song than I did working out. Without technology, I would be more focused when working out at the