Cell Phones

No cell phone for me, not ever. I got enough chit to deal with, without adding to it.
For a long time I didn't have a landline either. People know where I live. People know where I work. If they don't, I don't want to talk to them. If they insist, they can call my wife.
I can keep a pretty long list of related things, in my mind; even multiple lists. I mean that's what a mind is for, namely; storing, exchanging, and retrieving data.
Even my dog can remember over 28 different commands, questions, and communications. He has a mind too.
Look I'm not pointing fingers, just saying. People have become islands to themselves; drifting around aimlessly, crashing into things, existing, alive but not living.
The mind has to be fed, exercised, and disciplined; just like the body. Lack of those basics goes, you know where; use it or lose it.

I tell you what;
look around your neighborhood; follow the barking.
A dog kept in a kennel or on a chain will undergo a mind-change. He will begin by barking for attention. Then get angry. Over time he will try to chew his way to freedom, and bark incessantly. I don't know where this behavior stops, cuz usually the dog disappears about this time. People put the dog down cuz it won't stop barking; but all he wants is to be seen/acknowledged/loved/ and touched ; he is going stir-crazy watching the world go by.
People have the same needs; to be seen/acknowledged/loved/and touched. Social media is making them go stir-crazy. no cellphone for me.