A Life Without A Cellphone

A life without a cellphone. Imagine that? I bet you can’t even begin to imagine life without it. But think about a time before cellphones. How did people survive? There was a time only doctors and drug dealers used cell phones until just about 1995. Then an outbreak occurred in which everyone had a cellphone. Simply because it’s convenient! You can call anyone in your phonebook at any given moment. But whose convenience is that, yours or theirs? The contacts stored in your phone can call you at any moment knowingly, wherever you are, you will pick up and if not they had a presence in your day.

Before the cellphone age, people use to stand around each other and actually engage in intellectual conversations! *GASP* People actually interacted several years ago. If you were to take a trip to a nearby restaurant and take a look around the waiting area, you are guaranteed to see everyone facedown staring into their phone. You would most likely be the ONLY one looking around and not looking at a phone. Cellphones continues to remain a craze among the human race. It’s scary!

But, staring at your phone isn’t the only possible way to wait for table, a friend, appointment, or whatever the case may be. Listen up! There are other things out there to do besides starting at your crotch and into your phone. Here is a list of things you can possibly do instead:

(They may sound challenging but give a try)

• Make eye contact- honestly, it’s not that hard. People do this all the time. You may have the opportunity to share a moment with an attractive stranger, you never know. You want to wait until the person looks away from the phone for a few seconds to actually lock eyes. After this is done, just simply smile! If you master this you may want to put it on your resume under skills.

• Talk about the weather- this is a classic introductory and conversation starters. You may want to open it up with a simply, “This is some rain, don’t you think?”, or “They say it’s supposed to snow all week long!” Now this may be a little harder than the first because you have to catch someone else who ISNT staring at their crotch. I know, I know. BUT- it’s not impossible. I still have faith in humanity.

• Be observant of your surroundings-now, if you take some time away from your phone and take time to look around you may find some interesting things. It’s important to live in the moment. You may miss all the amazing things that are happening around you.  A cowboy dancing for change, an older man doing cartwheels, a dog wearing a tutu, you just never know. Then once you resume to your phone, your observations can make excellent tweets or statuses on Facebook!

• Or, see what other people are looking at on their phones- take this time to simply examine why others are glued to their phones. You may want to look over your shoulder and see what your neighbor is looking at. You may come across some interesting things. Shiny gold case with an incoming call from “IGNORE”. A blackberry with 100 unread e-mails. A HTC, reading NY Times, “Church helps fill a void in Africa.” This exercise can be quite fascinating and endless.

• Last, but no least, you can read a book- rather than risking the chance to get cancer or carpal tunnel. You can pick up a book and turn the pages of a good oh story. But you might just be staring into your nook or kindle instead.

The preceding items are useful and free things to do when you're not using your phone. But, hey you may be reading this post from your phone who knows.