A Companion, A Daily Dose

How long can I go without a phone? It's only when I am asleep that I can do without a phone. The phone is practically part of our daily lives; there's nothing we can do without needing our phones. A phone is like an entirety of someone's daily life. It's everything. Because it connects me from wherever I am to every part of the world, and likewise, it's my companion, making it something I cannot do without.

Even when my phone is faulty, like having a broken screen and I find it difficult pressing it, I feel so uncomfortable because it feels like every moment, something big is missing, it feels like I'm loosing something big, it feels like I'm about to loose opportunities that may come my way. We've connected the phone to our lives, and it has practically become something we cannot do without.

A computer is also something one cannot do without, but the need to hold and use a phone is more pressing than a computer. A phone can do the work of a computer, and because it's more flexible and user-friendly, it has become an integral part of our lives. I use my phone for office work, office meetings, trainings nd seminars, church work and the likes. Thank God for this innovation 👍

The reliance on my phone is not concerning to me. I remember those days when the phone had not been introduced here in Nigeria. Things were more difficult. Using education and research as an example, I remember back then in school when we would be given assignments. We'll need books from the library to answer, it's always so difficult for us to get in the school library because of the inadequacy in the books supplied in the school libraries, to be sure of these, we have to result in patronizing private and public libraries outside the school and in the end, we may not even get the books we want.

What information is it you need to get now that you can't find with your phone? With the use of search engines and artificial intelligence, everything comes to you even when lying in your bed, so when talking about reliance on phones, it's not concerning but rather bringing improvements and development to us in all areas of life.

Let me reiterate, I cannot do without a phone, I cannot even go for 30 minutes without my phone, only when I'm busy or have not had a chance to use my phone, even when the situation is like that, my mind is still always with my phone, my phone is my life. There was a time my phone was faulty and had to be repaired for two days. Those two days seemed never-ending, it was as if something important was missing in my life at that moment. I felt the loneliness that no phone could cause. After the repair, it was as if I had won the lottery; the happy mood came back, and I was happy again.

This is my participation in the #hivelearners community contest on the topic: WITHOUT A PHONE.

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