We're All in a Rush

     So, here it is. Just minutes ago, I was sitting at my phone waiting for a friend to respond to my text message and I was just idly flipping through pictures and scrolling through pages of useless Facebook posts asking me to "like this in 3 seconds" or my personal favorite, "keep scrolling if you hate God!" when I had a sudden epiphany. What the heck was I doing for the past three minutes? Passing my time waiting on a text message by doing what? Absolutely nothing. And that was when I realized, my concept of time has been completely changed by my cell phone.
     When we were younger, the only "time" that we had was lunchtime, dinnertime, and best of all; playtime. Our clocks were run by how long we could play and run before we completely ran out of energy... to our parent's delight. Our lives were measured internally, not by the incessant stream of information that we receive through our phones. I feel as if my own life is measured in seconds and minutes of anticipation-filled waiting rather than an enjoyment of the present. That being said, you cannot live completely in the present because preparation for the future is what allows us to accomplish goals and meet expectations. It just seems to me that since the moment I was bestowed a cellular device, my life has been completely changed.
     What I can not seem to figure out however, is why we are so addicted to our cell phones. I suppose since cell phones became financially available to the middle class, they have became a luxury that people have been unwilling to set aside. Instantaneous communication with friends and family around the globe is now available for a small price and a monthly investment. Cell phones are now also turning into boredom busters too as they offer limitless numbers of games and other apps to take what little time we have and use it for their own.
     The iPhone just happens to have a nice timer to clock the number of minutes, or more likely, hours that you have used your phone since the last charge. Hmmmm. Let's crunch the numbers for the day. Well, since the last charge around two o'clock today, I have used my phone for approximately two and one half hours. *embarrassed* Well, hypocrisy is in these days, so I'm relatively unaffected by learning this about myself. I just can't help but ask myself, "Couldn't I be spending my precious moments on this Earth doing something more productive than plucking hairs out of some guys imaginary nose or shooting indestructible birds at relatively sound structures?" What has the world come to!
     There is not enough time in this life to obsess, to worry, or to hold grudges. I see these words, but a lot of the time I cannot avoid committing these very acts every day. I suppose we grow every day and just the act of writing these things will not make them come to fruition. Oh, you so tired of this, aren't you? Well, fine. ...tbc...