I am the opposite of the people you describe. I don't take my phone with me very many places, and I prefer to experience the moments rather than record them, which puts a barrier between me and the experience, if that makes sense. These phones are all part of the great dumbing down of the earth's human population. Put down your phones, they are your enemy's weapons.
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Oh, I'm completely with you on the barrier thing. I think a lot of people are tricked into thinking oh, it's just a harmless pastime, but it actually takes you out of the real world in a very creepy way.
I love leaving the house without my phone. I used to do that often, while abroad, part to ditch the soul-sucker, and in part to see if I could figure out my way without a damned google maps. Some of the most fun memories of the past year :) Good to see you!! Hope you had a great weekend :)
I used to love finding my way places with maps, getting lost and learning about new places. So now I print out maps and directions to go to on road trips. If I stop to ask directions, it's hard to find someone who does not answer "I don't know, I just put it in my GPS." Folks are so content to let others do their thinking for them! We are on a fast track to losing the capability to think at all.
I did have a great weekend! I was in a play at a local community theater. I love the stage. Now I have more time for my garden, which is already producing food for me. There is so much to love doing without being attached to an electric device.
Yes! Completely. I love the idea of printing out directions as a sort of in-between solution. You've got part of the answer, but finite, so you also got to figure the rest out.
That's so cool about the play! Congrats! Theater is such a great outlet :)
I got the idea to make a post about it after leaving you this comment, so thanks for the inspiration.
Cool! I'd asked what it was about, but then went and read the post :D