Old Fashioned? No. Just Respectful

I lived without one for 14 years. I was fine.

I like being cell phone free

or purposely not texting people back. It feels so freeing. Or...CALLING someone when they text me! Sometimes they get a little confused as to why I am calling them, but we all need to be a little cell phone free sometimes.

I still give out my home phone number to jobs I have applied for, and people that I don't want invading my cell phone.

at school, I make it a general rule not to carry my cell phone with me to classes, because it gives me more face to face interaction with people along the way. If I was at a large school, I don't think I could do this, but here it is nice. It is harder to leave my phone at home when I am going places at home though...because people get annoyed..so i will take it with me and turn it off.

Places you need to take your cell phone:

1) the mall if you are going with friends

2) wal-mart. I went without my phone once, and ended up searching half the store

Oregon has a law...you can't text or talk when you drive...or you get a ticket..police can pull you over for that..so I have this new habit..of glaring at people or just staring them down in a nice kind of way, on their phones. as to say "I'm better then you" but I only do this to nice looking people, because I don't want to get into a big road dispute!

My mom's friend doesn't have a cell phone still. and she is not old fashioned at all.she wears really cute clothes and drives motorcycles..she just doesn't want to be bugged. which is understandable. I respect her. a lot.

I also don't like i-phones..it is fueling people's electronic addictions more and more.

I still read the paper. shocker. i know. I have my routine. I come downstairs in the morning, read the paper and at my breakfast. I just love it. I don't like reading news online. I believe, that more people should read the paper...just because it's awesome...except if you touch it too much you get grey on you. which is never fun.

I also don't have a tivo. very un-necessary. I can sit through commercials, unlike some other people in our society : )

So...I guess I challenge everyone...to turn off their phones, or call instead of text.

btw..if you constantly text SOMEONE ELSE while I am out on a one on one time with you...I'll probably tell you to put your phone away. because THAT...is just plain rude.

I need a watch...so i have an excuse to not take my phone even more places...