Incommunicado

Let me ask you a question. Do you remember the days when you didn’t have to constantly check your email? A day when you could attend a movie or a show without having to be reminded to turn off any electrical devices? A pleasant day when you could sit in a nice restaurant with your friend and not have to glare at the insanely rude person next to you talking so loudly on their cell phone that you can’t even think? Yeah, I remember those days fondly (granted I was only like 10 maybe 15, but still…) and I miss them.

For the last few weeks, I have had the distinct pleasure to experience those days once again. For those of you who really don’t understand how much we depend on cell phones and emails used to keep us in communication with each other, you can’t really appreciate the pleasure of being able to turn your head to those devices and ignore their existence. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I understand and appreciate the benefits of having an email account (billions of them) and a cell phone (which no one seems to lose the number to). But really, to have the freedom to turn your cell phone off and refuse to check your email, is just the best feeling ever! I highly recommend cutting yourself off from the world. And I don’t mean unplugging your landline phone or throwing your computer out the window (although wouldn’t that be fun), I mean being able to consciously turn your cell phone off and refuse to check your email and just enjoy a simpler life. Let me just say that it is great!

And now if you will excuse me, I must return to reply to the piles of email waiting for me in my inbox and the constant annoying attachment to my ringing cell phone.