Woot! I made it, last day!

Don't tell anyone but not being excessively on my phone wasn't that hard and it is something I actually plan on continuing. Like really how many tweets will someone tag me in within the 5 minutes I hadn't checked my app. Like 1 or 2.

The heat was runner up in my book to just doing nothing when it came to the pain. Cold compress was a negative but it was also interesting to see how much my body changes and reacts to something as simple as temperature.

Truthfully this whole "therapy" "experiment" could come down to 1) I need bigger hands, 2) I need a bigger phone, 3) I am old, 4) Over usage is a thing.

Like I said at the beginning of all of this, I am a phone addict. I love having my phone on me, near me, within reach but these three days I have let my child go to sleep away camp. It made me realize, we need each other but not necessarily ALL the time.

My hands aren't 100% healed but they definitely feel better; there is no denying that.

So to everyone else who has ever felt weird hand pains before assuming you are going to lose each finger slowly (like I thought), just take a break from a thing that you notice as a constant in your life aka your phone. Maybe a break isn't possible for you (this was only possible because I had 3 days…err well two days off from work) but even putting the phone down an hour before you head off to bed is sure to give your hands a well deserved break.

Hands are with us forever so it is time to start treating them with care. Shoutout to my hands for allowing me to try this little experiment, I hope you enjoyed your stay-cation.

Thanks for following this journey with me. What a weird one it has been but well worth it in the long run. LONG LIVE HANDS!

XOXO

Over the past few weeks, I have been realizing my hands have started to really hurt. More particularly, my thumbs. I thought it could be a number of things, I started boxing maybe the glove was fit wrong or I was counting change weirdly at work. Either way, I had to accept my hands were hurting and I was only at the ripe age of 22.

I started to really focus on my lifestyle. Pushups and planks were a daily occurrence seeing as I went to the gym twice a day, perhaps it was the mats. But then I took one step further and realized that maybe, BY CHANCE, it was the way I was holding my cellphone.

Devastated. Sounds a bit dramatic but as a self pronounced phone addict, I couldn't help but think the thing I use on the daily is causing a strain on my hands at such a young age.

Which is why I decided to try this "detox" or as I say, hand therapy. For the next three, I say three because those are my days off, I will only use my phone when necessary.

I set up some ground rules for myself in hopes of controlling my phone use.
1) Only use phone when necessary (i.e. letting mom know where you are, etc)
2) No updating something that can't be updated on desktop (so update twitter, no update snapchat)
3) This will only last three days
4) Use hands as normal (gym, computer, etc)

This isn't meant to be a phone detox even though that is what it sounds like, it is more of a "OMG my hands are hurting me and I have to live with them forever so take care of them" kind of thing.

I plan on updating this blog every night in hopes of seeing some improvement in how my hands feel and see how I feel about life.

If you have ever felt that your hands have been hurting but not sure why, perhaps this journey could help you.

Well it is midnight so that means the day begins with limited cellphone time. I'm off to go read a book or something…and ice my hands!

XOXO