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Every now and then I used to enjoy eating out on my own. I would be alone with my thoughts. Now I’m not alone even when I’m eating by myself. My phone connects me to others, to work, to news, and to entertainment.
Now it seems that I’m always connected to others. Alway ‘on’. The next time I eat out alone, my phone is staying in my pocket.
What alone time has your phone robbed you of? What did you used to do alone that you no longer allow yourself to do alone anymore?
Your chance to share:
I generally eat alone. I have always eaten alone, and don’t think of it as a social occasion the way other people do.
These days I usually reads on my phone while eating. Previously, I’d use a laptop. Before that, it was a newspaper (sometimes doing the crossword). It has always been thus.
So I don’t see the phone cutting into my ‘alone’ time. For me, being alone has always meant reading, listening, or sometimes watching. I wouldn’t want it any other way.
Hi Stephen,
I too spend a lot of alone time reading and listening. I too wouldn’t want to change that too much. But there are times I used to appreciate the void of external (digital) inputs. This post wasn’t about an all-or-nothing choice, but rather a reflection about some solitude that I used to choose, that I no longer seem to.
On a different note: If you are ever eating alone in the Vancouver lower mainland and want some company, send me a Twitter DM! 😀