What impact does your mobile phone have on your life?

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A few days ago, there was an electrical issue at my place. I didn't have fuel because there was a fuel scarcity, and my power bank was no longer working again. As a result my phone battery died. Now, I'm someone who is almost always on their phone, I don't have a laptop at the moment, or any other device (except for my backup phone which I forgot to charge). So my phone is basically where my whole life is situated. Once my phone went off, I was in severe pain. I looked around a bit and was wondering what I'd do with my life from there. I was basically sad Pablo

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I sat down in my room and began to think about my life (I have a really good life by the way xd). I was so bored. Okay let me watch a movie, oh Wait? My phone. OK let me call a friend, phone. Let me listen to music, phone. Let me check what's going on around me, phone. All my immediate thoughts were towards things I required my phone for. I tried drawing, I sucked so I gave up. Then I slept for a while, I woke up, and that's when I picked up a book (Burn by Ted Dekker) to read. Usually I've been reading soft copies, but paperbacks feel so much nicer. I managed to keep myself busy, that was until the power came back and I binned the book xd. Just joking, I dropped it gently ;-)

Now during that time that my phone died, even though I didn't receive any calls or direct messages (lonely guy stuff xd) I was totally disconnected from the world around me. If any once in a lifetime opportunity had arisen at that time I'd have missed it. Moreover my phone is my number one source for information. I'm that's never too far away from the Google search bar. The moment I don't know something I search it. Then there's the fact that I earn some money off it, thanks to hive and my little investments in crypto. If any time sensitive transaction opportunities were to arise I'd miss them. Also my day would have been much more interesting if my phone wasn't dead.

Though I mentioned all the reasons why my phone battery running out was a bad thing, It also had it's little advantages (yeah, I know, hard to believe, but it does). First major one was that my eyes stopped hurting. Once In a while, my eyes hurt, so I take my eyes off the screen for a little while (or at least try xd). But this time it was compulsory. Then I also took a nap, which I don't do very often when my phone is switched on. It also made me try out drawing, before ultimately reading, which is very good (breeding creativity).

Now this is just because my phone battery was dead for the majority of the day, I can't even begin to think of how I'll cope if my phone were to go missing, or get permanently damaged. Which is why I decided to back up my phone. Also I know phone or device addiction is real, which is why I'll be trying to manage my screen time from now on.

_{What Impact does your phone or your devices have on your life? What would you do if they suddenly went missing or permanently damaged? Feel free to tell me in the comment section. Have a wonderful day.}