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I Gave Up my Flip Phone for my iPhone 7 - The Rest of the Story

6/17/2017

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 Okay, so I returned home after my conference at the center that was so ‘off the grid’ that the only way to contact the outside world was by using a Smartphone!  And, what do you think I did?  As I drove into my town from Vegas, I went straight to AT&T' without passing go,' without going home and unloading my luggage, without checking the mail, or even getting a cup of tea! My first stop was AT&T to have my iPhone 7 turned back on...

I walked into the store and the manager (the one I wrote about in my first post on this topic) said, “Renee, I told you! I knew you’d be back. You want your iPhone turned back on, right?”

“Yep,” I replied!  “But, I lasted 2 weeks!”

“That’s longer than I thought,” she said. “I was sure you’d be in the next day!”

She read my first post, chuckling throughout. Then, my iPhone 7 was quickly and easily switched back on. My cute little flip phone sat on the table in the store looking woeful and lost. Extremely compact, light, and willing to do what it could do, but not up to the demands of ‘off the grid’ places in the universe. I brought it home and put it back in its box – telling it how grateful I was that it let me conduct this experiment, thankful for its usefulness and it progressiveness in a day and age when hand held mobile devices were just being developed. I whispered what I had believed, “If it’s good enough for Captain Kirk, it’s good enough for me.” I wanted it to know that is has a legendary history, and that it had a key role in setting the stage for the technology that people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates would create.

I learned much about myself during this experiment – not the least of which is that I need to question myself about those things in life that claim me – that keep me bound or unaware of other important things in my life. By taking the plunge and switching back to a flip phone, I saw habits and patterns in my life that I would never have even noticed had I gone on without questioning and experimenting.

So, did I fail? Perhaps. I failed in going backwards to a technology that won’t work for the demands of my current life. But, I succeeded in that I questioned and I tried. And, isn’t that all we can ask of ourselves?

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Missie E Cooper
6/17/2017 03:19:31 pm

You didn't fail. I struggle with "attachment" all the time. Being aware is the first step to letting go, not that I completely ever let go. I bet you have a different relationship with iPhone7.

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Renee Miller
6/17/2017 04:35:41 pm

You are so right, Missie! And, yes, I do feel differently about my iPhone 7. There's so much in our world to distract us and many of those things are also incredible gifts. The trick is knowing which is which! So, we're back to awareness!!

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Kathy O'Hagan
6/19/2017 10:23:54 am

No failure here. You don't go back to other technologies that make life better: washing machine, dishwasher, car, etc. It's a matter of learning to manage it vs it managing you.

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Salem George Saloom
7/2/2017 05:30:08 am

Renee, no failing!! You just took a sabattical and took advantage of the reflections for a better life and to be able to share with us. Thanks for your sharing, your gifts so well received and for your love to all. 2 weeks would be an insurmountable feat for me. God bless you, friend

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