I had an interesting idea last night, as I was settling in for a night’s sleep. I considered grabbing my phone and recording a voice memo, but talked myself out of it, believing I was still plenty awake to recall my thought in the morning.
Yep, you guessed it. This morning I had no clue what my brilliant idea had been the night before. I could have saved it simply with my phone … and did not.
Well. But that did get me to thinking about how much I do use my phone, for non telephonic type things. Non-communication things, even.
My friends who were early adopters of the iPhone, well, I thought they were just a little too “victim of technology” and I just couldn’t see the point in doubling my phone bill just to have that funny looking flat phone.
Silly me.
I wouldn’t say that I am addicted to my iPhone, but I do use it to:
- find my way around—A LOT—with the Google map feature (a lot!)
- keep track of my appointments
- manage my grocery shopping list
- assemble in one place all those movies and books that people suggest
- keep odd notes related to friends and family, e.g., the secret codes to shut off a house alarm
- take photos, photos, photos, photos
- get my bearings with a compass
- check the weather forecast, in my city and where friends live, too
- carry my music for driving in the car, and
- someday I will use the voice memo feature to capture my random ideas
I’m still astounded by the monthly bill for this phone service, but when I really think about how much my quirky, forgetful self uses this thing and how much easier it’s made my life, I think it’s worth it.
