Why I’m Using a Flip Phone
Life with a smart phone is so much better than life before a smart phone. It&#x27;s hard to realise how recently they came around. I&#x27;ve probably only had the internet on my phone for five years (I&#x27;ve had a smart phone for longer, but I couldn&#x27;t get the data to work and data was expensive enough at the time I didn&#x27;t care).<p>I can communicate with my fiancee even when she&#x27;s in another country (international sms = fail). I can have a fiancee who&#x27;s in another country. When I&#x27;m on the train I can do something meaningful to me. When I&#x27;m not on the train, I can know when it&#x27;s actually going to arrive so I can do something fun instead of waiting on the platform. If I&#x27;m having a discussion with friends I can call up the information I&#x27;m missing. I can listen to music and podcasts while I go for a walk or a ride. I can plan my trips instead of listening to the boring parts of conversations. I can take nice photos when I didn&#x27;t expect it.<p>I&#x27;m not going back to life without a phone. If you&#x27;re not valuing your priorities with a phone, you won&#x27;t value them without it. It might make a difference for a few weeks, but then you&#x27;ll work out how to waste your time without your phone and you&#x27;ll be back to square one.