Off the Grid
I’m not sure who came up with the idea to let you know how much time you spend on your phone.
I instantly delete it without looking at it because I’m a little embarrassed.
Lately, I’ve used my phone for the following items:
1). Twitter - I get most of my news from there. A lot of news stories, idiotic garbage tweets arguing about the pandemic and politics.
2). Books - I read the new Sandford book - Masked Prey. As soon as I finished it up I ordered the new Stephen King book.
So, a lot of my screen time is spent reading, which is good.
3). Games - I play a stupid Gardenscapes game. It’s fun and passes time as I watch television. But most recently there is a trivia game that’s all the rage. I play a few people pretty regularly, including my beautiful wife who calls me names when I beat her.
“Hey, I got 15 out of 15,” I mentioned after beating her 15-12.
“Good for you, a**hole.”
4). Facebook - I spend most of my time on that app hiding posts from people who aggravate me. I’m even thinking of not going there much, but it’s a fun place (or was) to bust chops and make people laugh. I just can’t handle the pandemic conspiracy theories. Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci teamed up to spread the pandemic so they can come up with a vaccine so they can implant location chips to track people.
For what?
World domination??
5). Work - emails, phone calls, OSHA regulations. They’re all stored there.
6). Banking - there’s an app for that! No spending time balancing the old check book. I’m still a boomer though. I don’t use Venmo or Zelle or any of that other crap that transfers money out instantly. I don’t trust it. Everyone makes fun of me. I write checks.
7). Music - I’m hesitant here too. I can’t get used to having all my songs right there. It’s great, yeah, and I pay for them through a streaming service, but whenever I download a full album I feel weird.
8). Writing - I’ve written the last few books into the notes on my phone. Then I take the phone to the computer where I type everything out again.
There you go.
That adds up to a lot of phone time.
How about you?
What did we do before we had this damn thing in our hands?
I instantly delete it without looking at it because I’m a little embarrassed.
Lately, I’ve used my phone for the following items:
1). Twitter - I get most of my news from there. A lot of news stories, idiotic garbage tweets arguing about the pandemic and politics.
2). Books - I read the new Sandford book - Masked Prey. As soon as I finished it up I ordered the new Stephen King book.
So, a lot of my screen time is spent reading, which is good.
3). Games - I play a stupid Gardenscapes game. It’s fun and passes time as I watch television. But most recently there is a trivia game that’s all the rage. I play a few people pretty regularly, including my beautiful wife who calls me names when I beat her.
“Hey, I got 15 out of 15,” I mentioned after beating her 15-12.
“Good for you, a**hole.”
4). Facebook - I spend most of my time on that app hiding posts from people who aggravate me. I’m even thinking of not going there much, but it’s a fun place (or was) to bust chops and make people laugh. I just can’t handle the pandemic conspiracy theories. Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci teamed up to spread the pandemic so they can come up with a vaccine so they can implant location chips to track people.
For what?
World domination??
5). Work - emails, phone calls, OSHA regulations. They’re all stored there.
6). Banking - there’s an app for that! No spending time balancing the old check book. I’m still a boomer though. I don’t use Venmo or Zelle or any of that other crap that transfers money out instantly. I don’t trust it. Everyone makes fun of me. I write checks.
7). Music - I’m hesitant here too. I can’t get used to having all my songs right there. It’s great, yeah, and I pay for them through a streaming service, but whenever I download a full album I feel weird.
8). Writing - I’ve written the last few books into the notes on my phone. Then I take the phone to the computer where I type everything out again.
There you go.
That adds up to a lot of phone time.
How about you?
What did we do before we had this damn thing in our hands?
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