It isn’t until you stop carrying your phone that you realize how much it is ingrained into life.

Yesterday, I want to pick up my son at a friend’s house. I’d never been there and wanted to do it without the phone. Halfway there, the main road was closed and I had no idea how to get where I was going (I don’t drive much). Didn’t bring the phone, had to use my brain. I liked it.

Today, I am traveling for work. That means Uber for starts and then a plane ticket. I could print the ticket but can’t use Uber with a dumb phone. I decided to swap SIM for work’s sake. Needed the phone for OKTA verification. Needed to send my wife a picture of an update (needed… could have not done it) and a few other things that popped up.

I’m cool with all that. I think that the smart phone has its place and the dumb phone can have it’s. Once I get to my destination (and use it again for Uber), all I “need” is text and calling and I’ll try the LP again.

What I marvel at is how required the phone becomes. My wife cannot sign into work without 2 factor authentication which requires an app on her phone. What else will I discover while playing cave man?