Extra Credit: I am addicted.

I spend way too much time on my cell phone. I went without a phone for a month at the beginning of fall semester because I cracked the screen and two weeks later it stopped charging. I didn't have money for a new phone and my parents didn't have money at the time to get me a new phone... I know I won't die without a phone, but it is so hard to communicate with people when you are limited to communicating through a laptop. It was so hard, but then after a month, it was my birthday and my parents bought me the new iPhone 5. I was so excited to get a new smartphone, especially since it was an iPhone. When I first got it, I was kind of iPhone dumb and didn't know how to work it, but good thing I have friends that have iPhones and know how to work it. Anyways, now that I have an iPhone, I am constantly on it and spend way too much time on it because of the darn apps that I can download and use. I am constantly connected to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc. I remember back in the day when smartphones such as the Blackberry just came out, I thought it was ridiculous that people were always connected, but now it's a social norm. I love the iPhone, especially when most of my friends have one and we can contact each other so easily through iMessage or FaceTime. I think it's one of the greatest things ever made. I love that I am able to connect to anything and everything with one touch. I am able to talk to my family every day and see what everyone is up to. I know it's kind of an addiction, but I think it's a good one. Well, if you use it for the right reasons.