99% of your electronic usage can be cut out, not only not missed, but an improvement to your life.
I was at a diner with my father and grandma. 19 or 20 years old.
At the table next to us was a good looking brunette, tall, my age (at the time both of us 19-21), wearing a hoodie from a nearby college, iphone in hand, out with her grandpa.
She paid more attention to her texting than to the conversation in person.
I didn’t understand how he tolerated her behavior and still had genuine interest in how her classes were going, nor how she could be out with a grandparent – yet not with them.
My grandfather had been gone for around 5 years at this point.
She was my age. Her grandpa was no older than mine would’ve been had he still been alive.
I didn’t like the dynamic.
You have to make the most of time like that.
Recently I was at a restaurant with my parents.
At the table next to us was an ok looking bottle blonde, 23 or 24 years old, with her father.
He was listening to her life at the office, she was texting, not looking at dad as she talked about herself.
She was more checked into her long distance texting than her face to face talking.
I cringed thinking of the preceding story, expecting to witness much the same.
Luckily it didn’t play that way.
Shortly after, when the mom/wife arrived the phone stayed away for the rest of the time, the family having a conversation.
When out with family your electronics should not be out.
It’s basic human manners.
Fuck the digital.
Live in the real world.
That’s my choice.
Persistence & Tenacity