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I miss the days of mystery and adventure as a child, of being totally disconnected and unfindable, and lost without fear.



That's cool and and me too, but I don't see how that relates to my use-case. None of us were lost or in fear or un-findable without Briar, it just made the trip more convenient for coordinating time and place between multiple parties.


Because you aren't a child anymore or because you can't put your phone away?


I am in my late 50's and many women still call me a child (in a positive way), so I do not think that is my problem.

It is not about my phone use, but the expectation that I should always be findable since I have a cellphone. But I do admit to working at challenging my fear of living without a cellphone, but I am homeless so it is more difficult than when I had housing.

Fear is the hook I guess. It is ok to not know where your kids are or for them to miss dinner on a cruise ship.




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