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While I was jumping rope, my smartphone took a fall to the floor which created cracks (裂缝) on my screen. However, the music kept playing 30 minutes later, I could see only one tenth of my screen while the rest was black. The next morning, I decided not to use it for 24 hours. I felt a sense of calm that day, which led to my not using it for one week. One week ended up becoming 60 days in total without my smartphone.

Here are some advantages I noticed in this challenge.

—You’ll become “bored”

Without my phone, I became bored, but my mind went through all kinds of topics. Boredom（无聊) is a perfect way to create new ideas on a business or project. When you are bored, you allow your mind to relax to reach all possibilities.

—You’ll be able to reduce your “work” hours

A survey found that adults checked their smartphones 85 times a day, or once every 10 minutes. As I learned in my challenge, by not having my smartphone, I fell into deep work more easily, so I completed my tasks in a shorter time.

—You’ll improve your mental health

Without my phone, I avoided reading negative (负面的) news and comments. While that helped make a big improvement in my mental health, the biggest reason for it was truly communicating with people. It brought me more connections with humans in the real world. I went to more dinners with friends and asked more questions to strangers.

Music Makes You Pretty Smart.

Many studies show music makes you smart when you learn it at an early age. 1． Studies show learning music at an older age can do wonders for your mind, too.

Music Builds Your Confidence (自信).

When you are in a bad mood, you could play for just one person or your friend. 2． Also, you will bring that confidence (自信) into other areas of your life.

Music Brings You Closer to People.

3． Many of us can enjoy songs in languages we can not speak or understand. You will be surprised at how music can bring you closer to people, especially if you need to meet and spend the time with people from other countries. For example, if you don’t know what to talk about, ask the other person what his/her favorite song is, and if you are knowledgeable in music, you will have a great talk.

Music Makes You a Team Player.

4． And when they do, it is important to always listen to your teammates and watch their facial and body language. Then you can decide how you want to play your instrument to make the show successful. .

5． If your parents want you to learn a music instrument, what will you choose?