We all live in an era that depends on our phones. What a horrible time to be alive it must be if you do not have the biggest, newest, and coolest device of your friends. We. as a society, are warped into a hand-sized metal box with a screen. Am I the only one who sees a problem with this?
I will be one of the first to admit, I love having a phone. My phone and I were best friends and I could not go more than five feet away from it. Notice how I said were. This past week, my phone has decided it never wanted to turn on again and I have been without a phone. As much of a heartbreak this is, it is also quite a nuisance.
While everyone is texting, scrolling through Facebook, updating their twitter, posting on Instagram, sending a Snapchat, or playing Pokemon GO, I'm filled with anxiousness that someone is trying to call me and I am unable to answer my phone. Granted I miss seeing what is on my Facebook news feed and liking my friends' Instagram posts, but more importantly, I need a phone to contact people.
It is a horrible addiction that we all suffer. We are chained by high wireless networking speeds and cool graphic designs; meanwhile it is all a trap to lure us into getting the next best thing and only wanting more, but newer and better.
Meanwhile, there are a select few percent who believe old fashioned is the best way to go. Whether they have a classic flip phone, such as my dad, or no phone at all. These are the people in society who have decided not to embrace the control of a phone and use it for select purposes. Yet, I am not one of those people, nor will I ever be.
I miss my apps, my games, texting my friends, watching videos, and taking selfies. Without a phone, I feel myself losing connection to my society. But most of all, I feel as though I am unable to be reached and I fear that I will miss something important.
If we got rid of the way we spend hours on our phone for our apps, games, etc. then we would have a much more entertaining and productive world. We would get more sleep, we would go outside more again, we could have family time and outings that did not involve texting someone across the room. We would have the chance to do things the same way they were without such advanced technology.
Put away your phone for several hours, or even a day, unless you really need it. You will then be able to see how much you are actually missing out on. We may all love our phones, but we need remember to appreciate them for what their original purpose was: communication, not entertainment.
