So just last night, I was cleaning the toilet in my dorm and listening to music when probably the most terrifying and heartbreaking thing happened to me: I dropped my phone in the toilet.

I dropped it as it was sitting on the shelf behind our toilet in our dorm and it was the most panic I have ever felt at once.

I stuck my hand in the bleach, fished it out, wiped it down, and ran downstairs to see if the little market had rice.

Well, news flash, they didn't have rice.

I ended up having to sit on the floor of my dorm room, alone, holding a blow drier to my phone and crying my heart out over it.

God bless Steve Jobs for creating a water-resistant iPhone because yes, my phone is OK.

However, this little accident taught me a very big lesson.

I knew that if I was home and something like that had happened, I would have just run to my parents and asked them to fix it, but I was alone.

I had to think of the alternatives on my own.

I had no one to hold up the blow drier for me, or someone to comfort me.

It showed me that I can get through things like this even if I am alone. Yeah, it's not pleasant to be alone, but it's manageable.

Life would have continued to move forward no matter what had happened in that situation. So I just sat there with the blow drier and hoped for the best.

I also learned how much I take technology for granted. We don't realize it because it feels like iPhones and computers and all other technology are such a normal thing, but they're not.

We are privileged.

We shouldn't just throw or phones around, get them dirty or not care enough to get a case for them.

I've never had a smartphone 'till this year, so if anything would have happened to my iPhone, I think I would've actually been so sad for such a long time since it hasn't even been a year since I got it.

Possibly the most important lesson I learned is that everything is replaceable besides health.

My hand started to severely burn from the bleach, but I wasn't paying attention to it because my focus was on my phone.

I had to put my phone aside, no matter how much I was worried about it and focus on my hand.

I realized that if anything bad were to happen to my hand, that would have been more detrimental than my phone.

A phone can be replaced, but good health cannot.

If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, remember it's OK to panic and to be scared.

It's OK to cry and feel like your life is over.

However, just know that the one thing that isn't replaceable is your health. So focus on that above all other things.