As a barista I am usually awake and out the door by 4:15am, but today I was able to sleep in! I woke up at 5:00am after hearing 6 of my iPhone’s slowly rise alarm sounds. After stopping the alarms, I check my empty email, scroll through Instagram, and reply to some texts that I received from last night. I get ready for work, and at 5:30am I turn on Hulu so that my dog, Milo, can watch HGTV while I am at work.
I am fortunate to live very close to work, so by 5:45am I am sipping on my first Americano and scrolling through Instagram again. Throughout my shift the store music plays a Starbucks Spotify station called Coffeehouse Classics. At 9am, I spend my ten-minute break sipping on Americano number two and scrolling through my Instagram and Facebook feed.
At the end of my shift, I make a phone call and respond to some texts. Once I’m home, I begin to make lunch with Spotify’s This is Kacey Musgraves playlist playing in the background. Once lunch is made, I sit down and flip to Vanderpump Rules on Hulu. I am one of those people that does other things while the TV is on in the background, so once I finish eating, I begin tidying up my house and prepare to start on coursework. Once the show is over I bring my full attention to Canvas and work on my Arizona State University courses.
I spend a few hours on my courses before I start getting the eyes from my dog indicating it’s time for a walk and dinner. I bundle us up for the Wisconsin weather and grab my headphones to continue the playlist I started earlier. Once we get back, I feed him dinner, do a quick at home workout, shower, and eat.
It’s now around 7pm so I continue on with coursework for an hour or so before switching over to watch The Office on Netflix. While I am watching the show I text and scroll through Instagram and Facebook before calling it a night.
What I notice:
As I reflect on my media use, I don’t really notice any news media. Occasionally the New York Times will grab my attention on Instagram, but that didn’t happen today. Sometimes my mom will send me really old articles on Facebook, but that also didn’t happen today. My feeds are mostly made up of various lifestyle influencers that specialize in vegan cooking, dogs, or travel. I only interacted with two posts made by my friends.
