I was just talking with a friend about how the Iphone was a game-changer for me (and most likely everyone else who has one too). I was notorious all throughout high school and college for losing my cell phone. My parents would leave messages in college about their long lost daughter, asking me to locate her whenever I could, telling me how ardently they missed me. I never knew where it was, and I really didn't ever care. I took care of relationships that were directly in front of me, and most of the time, I was out of touch with any social media reality. I know I probably frustrated a lot of people, including my then-boyfriend-now-husband, because I was virtually impossible to locate. But I felt free. Last Christmas, on what I thought would be a lean holiday in keeping with our budget, my husband surprised me with an iphone 5c. After living off of flip phones and droids that made the world of apps frustrating and difficult, I felt like I'd been thrown into the madness that is the … [Read more...]

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