I had my phone charger. What I forgot was the PHONE. I was away for 4 days without my phone.
The experience was friggin great. My better half had hers and I was with her the whole time so it wasn’t like I was out of total communication, but I didn’t borrow it once except to take a few pictures.
It has inspired me to make another concerted effort to leave that thing alone. Life is not about my face in that for more than a few minutes a day. I’m going to try to make another effort to get the daily usage of that device to less than an hour. If I limit it to just text, calls and a few photos, it might just be a few minutes a day.
Actually, it allowed me to have a better time with my grandson because I had no distractions from that device to interrupt us. It’s so easy to get distracted from life with phones. Yes, it has use, but it’s so easy to abuse.
I spend enough time on the computer each day working on this blog, and other writing as well as some photo and design efforts. But those are my activities/passions. And I think I keep a good balance away from them and participating in real contacts or experiences.
Come to think of it. When did I make the transition from putting a few nickels, dimes or quarters into a phone to make a call. Or just a few dollars ($2-4) per month for a landline. I think I’ve been suckered.
Random Thoughts of the Day
- There is a lot of beauty in the minutes before sunrise, just as there are after sunset.
- I’m trying to figure out when I’m going to squeeze in some photography today.
- Spring adds a soundtrack of nature that winter doesn’t provide. I love hearing the birds sing outside.
- I hope it warms up quickly, I have a lot of outside work to do today.