August 22, 2022
Photo from Unsplash by Kilian Seiler
My son used to borrow my phone when I am not using it. He used to play and watch videos in it. He sometimes used it to draw something out of his imagination. He also used it to took pictures and sometimes to took videos of me.
One day as I am washing our clothes by hand, he is like doing a vlog. He keeps on talking while pointing the phone camera on me and accidentally the phone fall in the basin full of water, detergent powder and the clothes I am washing.
I was shocked and I abruptly get the phone out of water. I disambled it and let it dry. I felt mad and scolded my son for not holding it properly. He then hug me and said, "Sorry mama, I didn't expect it to fall.
Hearing him uttered those words calms me and told him to be careful next time.
When the phone seems get dry, I tried to assemble it again and tried to turn it on but unfortunately the power didn't turn on. I tried it many times but still no avail.
I felt so sad because we only have one android phone in the house where we can use for internet, to open social media sites and also for my blogging. I wanted to cry from disappointment but tears can't make it back again.
I decided to bring it to the most known technician in town but because he have lots of customer he said that it will take a week before he can finish it.
I can't imagine myself having no phone in a week because phone had been a part of my daily life. I have no choice but to deal with it.
I had more time with my son
In my vacant time, instead I will spend it with my cellphone, I was able to spend it with my son, playing with him and teaching him some lessons.
We had more story time before sleep
We used to give stories to our son before we sleep but most of the time I just gave one story and let him pray before we sleep. But after letting him sleep I will go out from the room and use my cellphone again, but in that week I was able to give more stories.
I was able to sleep early
In that single week I was able to sleep early and have eight hours of sleep.
I was able to have an early morning exercise
Since I can sleep early, I can also rise early. I can go out, have a walk around and that's a good morning exercise where I missed for a very long time.
We had a great family time
It makes our family relationship more closer as we have more time together. We can talk a lot while eating, we can talk a lot before sleeping, we can go to a park and play with our son in the afternoon.
More time in the house chores
No cellphone? means a lot of time to do house chores and it makes me have enough time to clean the house. I was also able to remove weeds in the garden and sew some clothes that need some sewing.
Can you imagine yourself having no phone in a week? Have you ever think that no cellphone means a lot of time for yourself as well as a time for the family?
Having this imagination really thought me to manage time well so you cannot leave your family behind, that you can still have enough time for them and above all you cannot compromise your health.
Thank you so much for reading.
