Over the years, me and my devices have grown to be one. It has gotten to the extent where, I can not go a complete twenty four hours without my device in my hands. I'll like to call it, married to my device.
Not that I am addicted to gadgets, perse, i hardly chat on social media, except discord. Its just that majority of my life activities are tied to my phone and other devices, which makes it difficult for me to live without it.
The longest I have been without my phone is, never. Welp, only when I sleep, which is, most of the times, about three to five hours.
In my area, there was a time when our transformer got spoilt. It took a while to repair it which made my laptop to go off for an extended period of time. However, I could not let my phone go off. Each day, I had to pay almost a thousand naira, both for transportation and for charging fee, just to give my phone some juice. I can do without TV for ten years, but I can not do without my phone and laptop for an extended time.
Currently, they stopped supplying electricity. They said that something got spoilt, and is affecting the country at large. It started yesterday, and I don't know how to survive this. My laptop is drained of power, and I really need to charge it because I have many things to do. Though my power bank is somewhat full, I will have to regulate how I charge my phone so that the juice will not run out.
Its quite disturbing and I don't know what to do. Will I now begin to spend a thousand naira each day to go juice up my phone? In this hard economy and I paid my Nepa bills. Its quite frustrating though.
At this moment, my productivity will greatly reduce, and I will have a lot of work to do if the power is restored.
The only thing that I can do at the moment is to chat with friends. I guess I will have to go back to the age where phones was not invented - play whot, luda and chitchat with people, even though I don't like to.
The major thing I did today, was to stare at my light bulb in hopes that it will shine its white light. Using my phone to perform tasks is really stressful and slow.
Its normal that we adapt to unfavorable conditions, but this will be really difficult.