Confessions of a Cell Phone Addict

I'll start this off by saying that I never considered myself to be addicted to my phone. Yeah, I use it to text and to keep up with my social media but I have a minimal amount of apps and I don't particularly feel like I need them. But then I lost my phone. For one whole day. And it was hard.

The first reason that made it difficult was just the simple anxiety of trying to figure out what happened to my phone. Where did I lose it? Is it okay? Of course, this would happen on a day when I had an important test, which made reviewing for that next to impossible. Once I finally managed to track down my phone, my thoughts were pretty much preoccupied with getting it back.

I found myself often forgetting I didn't have my phone and reaching into my empty pocket to get it. Which was kind of concerning. Do I really check my phone this often?

Truly, the worst thing for me not having my phone is that I never had a clue what time it was. I'm not the kind of person who wears a watch and I never realized how dependent I was on my phone to tell me what time it was. Side note: why are there so few clocks around? Side note 2: I really need a watch.

Another moment I experience made me realize how dependent we are on our phones for entertainment. I was waiting in a long line to get myself some coffee and I was just so bored. I realized this is the kind of time where I'd listen to music or scroll through Instagram. But I couldn't. And looking around me, all I saw were people looking down at their phones. I was seriously surrounded. I could make a comment about how sad that is for our generation, but in that moment, I was jealous.

Bottom line is, this made me realize that I'm kind of addicted to my phone. And that's okay. Because I think its a useful dependence. Without my phone, I felt disconnected. With it I feel like we are not only more connected, but more thoughtful and efficient. With my phone, I can send my boyfriend a Good Morning text when I wake up, wish my best friend luck on her exam and find out when and where I'll meet up with a friend of mine. I'm able to check what time my bus comes and how to get somewhere I've never been. So yeah, I guess I realized just dependent I am on my phone but I also realized just how useful it actually is.

xo

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