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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Red Thumb Reminder

Last week one of our blog sisters shared a story called Red Thumb Reminder  Now I'll normally ignore these

or

listen to a few minutes

but this one hit home

you see

I have a confession to make

I text and drive

I like to pretend that I don't

but I do

I usually wait until I'm stopped at a light to actually type

but I look at my phone way too much.

and I need to stop

period

so

I painted my right thumb red

so that every time I pick up my phone

and unlock it

I can see

my one red nail

telling me

to

STOP

and the results -- one week in

much reduce

very much reduce

less and less each day

more

pick up the phone

see it

put it down

will I stop completely?

hard to say

but come monday it gets another coat of paint.


3 comments:

  1. well done you! I missed the red thumb theme but what a good idea. I am fortunate not to have this problem. Maybe its the generation to which I belong, I have no facebook identity, I tried instagram (I prefer well thought out and rendered images and I'm not a selfie kind of girl), i had a go at tumblr (I can't remember the password). The only things I seem to be able to attend to, is blogger and email. I think there is a vicarious thrill to connection through device media, maybe even a validation of ones own likability.

    Or ...
    maybe we just like technology and our 'friends' connections.

    keep up the good red thumb work

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  2. I don't really text and drive. But I do do it at red lights and in traffic jams. Because... yeah.

    But I do know it's dangerous (and illegal here). But I still do it a bit. And I think I'm going to try the red thumb thing.

    Now all I have to do is figure out how to explain it in French.

    Thanks

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