If you ever asked someone for their mobile phone number and they said, “Sorry, I don’t own a mobile phone,” you 1 ’d probably think might have thought ’d might think ’d probably thought either that a) they are lying or b) they are crazy. 2 What This It There seems hard to believe that in this day and age there are people who don’t own a mobile phone, but 3 anyway at least incidentally as a matter of fact , those people exist, and I am one of them.
But why would somebody in their right mind decide to do something so contrary to 4 that which what whose society deems so essential? In my case, it was more by accident than 5 design determination purpose will . One day I forgot my incredibly expensive phone in a bar and it just 6 got stolen stolen was stealing had stolen . Then, as a way of punishing myself for such a terrible mistake, I decided not to get a new one for some time.
7 Not to have Not have Not had Not having a phone, I became fully aware of the extent to which such a small device rules our daily actions. My hand had to reach into my pocket hundreds of times before learning that there wasn’t a phone 8 to find to have found finding to be found in it. It was the first stage of my detox. Every 30 minutes or so, I was desperate to check what 9 would go on had been going on was going on went on in the world for the last 30 minutes –that was how often I 10 had ckecked used to checking had been checking would check my phone before losing it. Little 11 knew I I could know did I know I knew that you can get separation anxiety from a machine.
In stage two I began to fill the void left by my phone with the simple little habits that we all used to have before our phones took 12 up down over on our lives. I started making uninterrupted eye contact when someone was talking to me, or making small talk with my co-workers, or looking through the window when travelling on the train, or even asking for directions and looking around while I was walking. By the end of this second stage, I was still suffering from anxiety, but that didn't prevent 13 me realising me to realise me realise I realised that there was a whole world in front of me which I had never appreciated because I had always been looking down.
In the third and final stage I got rid of my anxiety. Now I started to really enjoy my new-found freedom, the contemplative moments, the social interactions, the sunshine, and the fresh air. I'm still in that stage, and I'm determined to continue in it for as long as I enjoy it, which I don't think is going to end any time soon. I should have 14 had my phone stolen got stolen my phone stole my phone had stolen my phone a long time ago, I had been missing out on so many things. The only problem now is that while I have opened my eyes, everybody around me is still looking at the world through their touchscreen, and it can sometimes be annoying for outsiders like me. I wish phones 15 had never been had not wouldn't be aren't invented.