What I Learned From Getting My Phone Stolen
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What I Learned From Getting My Phone Stolen

There are more important things than your iPhone.

Savannah McGuire
Oct 18, 2017
The Ohio State University
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What I Learned From Getting My Phone Stolen
Savannah McGuire

A weekend without my beautiful iPhone. Some may say it's horrific, while others may say it's a sign of relief.

2 a.m. on Saturday morning: five minutes into getting my phone ripped out of my purse, I used my roommate's phone to first call my mother because I was in shock. I just got my phone two weeks prior and the only thing on my mind was how mad my mom was going to be. When she answered, I think it brought terror to her ears to hear her daughter crying, at two in the morning on a Saturday, calling from an unknown number. However, she was beyond relieved to find out it was only about a cell phone.

The rest of that Saturday morning I slept with my computer beside me, vigorously checking my texts through my computer, and keeping Twitter and Facebook up on tabs. When I woke up, I Facetimed my mom and she blessed me with the news that my new phone would be arriving on Monday.

As for Sunday, through the piles of homework I had to catch up on, I was somewhat relieved that I didn't have a cell phone. I didn't have the constant reminder that I had something to check. I soon forgot about the Twitter and Instagram tabs I had just refreshed and the texts that were coming in. I got everything I needed to get done for the week and in some way, I figured it was a sign that I needed to get off my cell phone. It was time to focus on something that was truly important: my education.

Monday finally came and I got my new phone. I was so excited to check Snapchat, flooded with stories from my best friend, and to finally focus on something other than my homework. I also learned that my phone wasn't a necessity. Sure, I had to carry around my laptop like an XXXXXL phone and had no mode of conversation on my 20-minute walk to class, but it gave me a piece of mind that I had something to do other than refresh Twitter. Getting my iPhone stolen was a blessing and a curse that helped me to realize that there are more things to worry about. Yes, mom and dad, I did survive without one.

P.S. Don't leave your purse unzipped, especially at Bulls.

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