Tuesday

Turn Off That Cell Phone Once In A While!

Do you really want to be available for anyone and everyone on a 24 hour/7 days a week basis? What do I mean by that? A famous person once said that the more available you make yourself, the more available everyone will expect you to be. Other people in your life will actually be annoyed if you are not constantly available rather than being pleased when you do call. People expecting you to be available all the time can get very annoying. Cell phone calls follow you everywhere you are, including the bathroom. Even during the night when you want to rest, your cell phone continues to ring and annoy everyone around you. If it's an important call, then by all means answer it...but if it's very menial type stuff (i.e. "Dave, Johnny just ate an entire cake by himself, can you believe that?!"), then there's no reason to answer the cell phone.

Give it a rest once in a while, and you'll be amazed at how comforting not answering the cell phone every 20 minutes can and will be.