The Unexpected Bliss I Get When My Phone Dies

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Living in New York, my days always begin with the same daily commute to work where I ride the subway with many others who are also doing the same thing. My morning routine is basically on auto-pilot at this point, where I inevitably see a majority of the same people on my commute. And each day, I’m humored at how predictable everyone else is.

Each day, nearly everyone is staring blankly at the screens of their phones, scrolling through Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook or watching a YouTube video or a series on Netflix. With headphones shoved into their ears, the people surrounding are hardly noticeable. That’s what our daily lives have boiled down to — Tuning out to in order to tune into technology.

We’re so reliant on our phones, tablets, laptops, and other smart devices that we don’t pay much attention to our immediate environment. It’s a bit ironic though because we’ve become so invested in what’s happening in the digital world that we forget all about the real world; the physical world.

Of course, I too am guilty of this…which is why I’m so relieved at the unexpected bliss I get when my phone actually dies.

The sad part is, society is feeding into our dependency on technology.