It's been a minute since I published on Hive, and when I saw this topic through the Discord channel, I knew I definitely had to write about it. It is such perfect timing for me because I went through a sort of 'phone situation' last week and this week. Basically, the phone had been giving me subtle signs before, but last Saturday, when the battery went off and I tried to charge it, it charged but kept rebooting for several minutes until it got stuck on the power-on screen for more than 12 hours. For those 12 hours and more, all I saw was the welcome page of 'Samsung Galaxy S10'. I couldn't turn it off or on because it was literally stuck in the middle of that. I just left it alone and went on with my day.
I wouldn't say it was easy to do that, but I was just glad I had nothing too important I needed to attend to because the frustration would have been really crazy. The most frustrating part was just when I was meant to meet up with my friend earlier that day to honor our former boss' invitation to their family's Eid celebration. I was just glad I had copied her number to dial on my mom's phone to tell her where I would be waiting before the phone got stuck. Luckily for me, she was able to locate me on time, and we went ahead to the place we had to be.
In the midst of all of that, I was genuinely bothered that I was unable to access my phone for hours, but also, it didn't get to me too much. I was able to talk to my friend more than I would have on a normal day when my phone would have been there to distract me. Getting back home, I just found a way to get on my Snapchat on my brother's spare phone to update a few people about the situation. Normally, I would have gotten on Instagram or TikTok to check some posts, but I didn't even feel a certain way when I wasn't able to do that for a couple of hours. I was glad I felt that way!
I was surprised at that realization because if anyone had asked me randomly, I wouldn't defend myself that I might be addicted to my phone and social media in particular. I realized that I wasn't so addicted, and I was probably on my phone a lot out of boredom. When I didn't have the chance to, I was perfectly alright. Truth be told, I might be practicing that more these days — staying away from my phone completely for a couple of hours. I think it could be therapeutic, actually.
In fact, that same day, I was finally able to finish this book that I have been reading, and it felt so nice. Our phones are obviously a necessity, especially in today's world. However, too much of anything isn't good, hence, the need for moderation. Realistically, that is kind of hard to control, as things have already gotten out of hand. It literally takes intentional efforts from individuals to use their phones in moderation and pay attention to other things that matter.
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