A mobile phone seems to be a necessity that many peoplerely on in modern society. However, many are not using it in an appropriate way. In a fundraising campaign, students were asked to stop using social media for a week. Some of them threw in the towel even on the first day. In contrast to them, more motivated themselves to last more days. Instead of being distracted constantly by messages, they visited friends and exercised in the sports centre. Without access to social media, they realised it hadoccupied too much of their time, with which they couldequip themselves with many skills. This experience might make a lifelong influence on them even after theyswitched back on their devices.