"Challenge Accepted." || A Week Without A Computer

Have you ever been to a gun fight with a knife before? I doubt you have ever even seen a gun fight (unless you are an actual soldier). And I am not even talking about seeing them through those electronic boxes we all call TV.

Speaking of electronic devices, I would like to share my little story with you. Afterwards, I will be sharing with you how I may be without computing devices. Do not worry, there are no guns nor knives.

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I was doing my thing, taking a jog as I always do every morning (in my dreams), and then this text came in. The text was alerting me of a transaction I had to complete. Binance was informing me that someone had seen that the USD/NGN rate had spiked again, and the buyer was willing to sell off some USDT.

I stopped in my tracks to attend to this buyer's urgent need (more like mine). And that was when Emmanuel, my cousin whom I was having the jog with this time, said to me, "Bro, can you even do without your phone for a week?"

I responded to him, "Is that a challenge I smell, hmmm?"
"You dare to present me with such allegations that I cannot function without this pathetic computer."
"You mean to tell me that I am subject to this little machine that I have spent many years on this planet before?" I continued.

"Yes, I dare you to leave it for a week." -The challenger.
"Challenge accepted." Mark this day. We shall meet again in seven days. " -The defender.

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_Tenor

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I completed the transaction and turned off my phone immediately. I clearly had not thought this through. But we move!

We got home, prepared breakfast, got one or two things done, and then it was time to eat. We had our plate of rice, garnished with vegetables, fish sauce, plantain, eggs, and, to top it all off, large pieces of chicken.

"Damn, you can cook." Emma said to me. "No dey whine me jare," I replied, humbly chuckling. _{(Do not flatter me, please.)} And then we proceeded to eat. But I felt something was off.

I never eat without having something else to do. And that something else was always "Netflix 'n' chill."
At the very moment I realised this, I looked at my phone on our table, and then I slowly looked at Emma's face, only to find Emma devouring his piece of chicken, looking at me with a sinister look on his face.

"Is there a problem, sir?" Emma said to me.
"No, sir. "Everything is perfectly fine." I responded.
Emma then proceeded to give me a malicious grin. Which he did terribly at. He looked like a clown without the red nose.

There was no collateral involved in this challenge, but we both knew the consequences of losing this kind of challenge. The loser will not see the end of it from the winner.

We continued with our breakfast with stern looks, as we both understood the situation; I was going to find this quite hard.

After breakfast, I went on to lie on the bench outside to enjoy the satisfying air. Normally, I'd be on my phone blogging, trading, watching a movie to review, playing chess, or watching educational videos. But I had no idea of what to do since I could not use my phone.

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_Tenor

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A few hours later, I had fallen asleep. I woke up to the sound of the blender. Emma was making one of his "healthy" smoothies again. He never makes mine because he knows how much I do not like his tasteless recipe.

I had just woken up, so there was no going back to sleep. I went on to meet Emma on the other side of the wall.

"You know what, one week seems too far. One day, in fact, is too long. " I said to him.

"Okay, I am not sure I understand your accent." He sarcastically replied.
"You win! Okay? So let's move on. " I conceded defeat.

I turned on my phone to find that I had missed a lot of trades, had too many unread messages, and all.

In this day and age, going without electronic devices (particularly smartphones) is akin to attending a gunfight with a knife. The digital age now pervades almost everything; businesses, schools, churches, and so on. And we all know that the power of today's communication technology is critical to thriving in this world.

I do not mean to say that one cannot survive without these electronic devices, but that they have now become things that are somewhat indispensible. For some of us, we depend on our computing devices to stay at the top of our games.

I do practically almost everything with my computing devices. My phone helps me keep doing things while I am mobile, as the name implies. I do my photography and videos on it, I play games on it (I have to unwind sometimes), and other things that are much easier with a smartphone. But my PC is mainly where I do most of m blogging, chatting, and other CPU intensive things.

So to willing want to go a week without my gadgets is not something I would normally think of. Unless there be some urgent requirement for it. Maybe went I need to go "zen" mode.