Why You Should…Stop Texting

There’s a great many things to do and places to see in this world of ours.  As humans, our lives are pretty short (and if you party like I do, it’s probably going to be even shorter).  So we have to prioritize!  We have brains for a reason and that reason is…reasoning (well, at least some of us use them for that purpose: see comment about partying above).  Let me be your voice of reason as I show you all the things you should be doing right here, right now.

I love texting.  It is perhaps my favorite invention next to the internet (how can that not be everyone’s favorite invention??).  My love has gotten to the point where I send out about a hundred text messages a day, but only make phone calls every couple of days.  That got me thinking…what happened to my voice?

There are articles peppered all over the web about the many “dangers” of excessive text messaging.  After dismissing most of these as ridiculous and the product of the hypochondriac generation, I began to see some truth.  Yes, my thumbs do hurt sometimes.  Hours of clutching my phone, waiting for the slightest vibration (and validation that the guy from last weekend actually wants to see me again) exhausts me mentally and physically.  And I can even get annoyed by my own text message alert sound.  Perhaps I should take a step away from my phone and get a couple breaths of fresh air.

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