Hi Everyone,
Last Monday I left my cell phone at my parents for two days and I survived. This is what I mean.
Some days are just messy. You know when you forget something and then something else and then the next thing you know, your day has slid into a negative that is hard to get out of. That sums up Monday November 4th with a bit of a twist. I actually thought I had missed the negative and was sitting at zero. After a few misses, I was finally sitting on a bus home and reading my book. I was happy to be in my own world. Not once did I think of looking at my cell phone. I didn’t have to. It was only when I got home to call my mother that I realized I left my phone at my parents. Since it was after 8 pm, it was too late to go back to get it. Transit there takes over an hour and a half during the day or rush hour. Who knows how long it would have taken me. I would have to pick it up Wednesday after work.
Tuesday morning was interesting. No alarms, no YouTube and no audiobooks had me leaving for my doctor’s appointment a bit earlier than usual to watch the news in the waiting room. I still ran my errands, got my hair coloured, ran more errands and made it up to the North York Central Library to hear Maureen Jennings discuss her latest book, Heat Wave. It is the first in a trilogy and all books are based around Toronto. For anyone who doesn’t already know, Maureen Jennings is also the author of all seven Murdoch Mystery books. Three of the books were directly adapted into movies of the week and she has a hand in the some of the teleplays. Murdoch Mysteries is filmed in Toronto and varying locations around Ontario. I have been a Background Performer on a few episodes at their studio in Scarborough and a few locations.
Wednesday was like Tuesday. I left for my scheduled two hour shift a bit earlier than usual just to hang around. Once Standardized Patient training was over I headed home before leaving for my parents. I read, or reread, The Disaster Artist, by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, all the way there. It was great. (And yes I did post a blog about, The Disaster Artist, a few years ago.) Did I miss my cell phone? Not really. It was kind of nice not having to check every last thing, you know, every email, text message and phone call right away as most of us are trained to do.
Thursday was uneventful as far as my cell phone was concerned but by Friday, after my agent contacted me about my availabilty, I was texting, emailing and calling anyone I had to in order to rearrange my schedule. It took a few hours but I got on a movie and I am booked to work tomorrow. It was the only day I could rearrange and I am grateful that I have wonderful people in my life who help me help myself.
How long could you go without your cell phone? I lasted two days but I am getting into the habit of leaving my cell phone at home for short periods of time. Like when I am grocery shopping, or running other errands. When I am booked on set, I will power my phone off, read or look around. Film sets are rarely boring.
Cell phones, like anything else in life, control us to the degree that we allow them too.
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
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