Few days ago I sent my phone off to Apple as it needs to be repaired and it is day three without any phone and it is very strange but it has also made me realised a few things. Luckily I have my laptop so I can go onto Facebook chat and speak to Beth and my family,it isn't the same as texting or whatsapp but at least I get to speak to my family and make sure Beth and my nieces are ok. Without any phone it did make me realise how much myself and probably most people rely on our phone so much. From waking up and automatically looking for my phone to see the time or it being my wake up alarm, to calendar to remind me of all my hospital appointment, reminders to remind myself when to order my medication, my to do list is on there, the pictures on there that I look at whenever I feel down which instantly cheers me up and constantly check on Facebook/twitter/Instagram/snapchat which made me realise how much technology is ruling our lives.
For the past couple of mornings I have been turning on Sky News on my TV to check the time and the news, I actually got up took my medication and got ready where as usually I would spend a good 20/30 minutes on my iPhone. I went to Asda yesterday and actually brought a magazine... okay it has a free Nails Inc Polish in there but I was reading the magazine in the car on the way home which usually I would put my headphones in and listen to music. I have watched a lot of my catch up on Sky which usually would take me forever as I wouldn't be concentrating as once you take a look on Instagram you don't realise 30 minutes later you're still on there. I have been getting to sleep pretty much straight away as I didn't have my phone to look at YouTube videos.
As I said before, I am lucky I have my laptop so I have been on that more often that I usually do but once I get my phone back I hope I don't rely on it as much as I have been. It was nice to sit there with a magazine and actually read something that isn't on a screen. So I'm going to try and make sure I buy a couple of magazines every other few weeks and maybe a book. I hate how much technology is taking over our lives but I think we are all to blame for. I don't even ring up my GP anymore, I go online and book all my appointments and click on repeat prescriptions so it goes to the GP to sign then straight to the chemist so things have got so different now days. I do miss my iPhone though and it is a horrible feeling knowing I can't just text Beth or ring if anything bad happens so I cannot wait for my phone to come back and I will treasure it even more haha. But I think we all need to go back to basics abit, get that magazine, read the books, speak face to face instead of speaking via the phones.
Are we all guilty of using phones too much? Relying on technology too much? I know I am guilty.
Love Katie x
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