Monday Moment - iAdventure!

I bought an iPhone as a present to myself last Thursday. I don’t really need an iPhone. I’ve never considered myself so important that I can’t be out of touch – and to be truthful, I rather enjoy it when no one knows how to contact me.

Still, I’ve had a cell phone since you needed a backpack to carry it around – for productivity, for emergencies, and as a locator device. (Have you noticed how many cell phone conversations include the question, “Where are you?”) While I don’t think of my phone as oxygen as many people I know seem to, I do recognize it as a useful tool for today’s world.

But an iPhone? Why would a person who hardly needs a phone desire an iPhone? I can give you two reasonable excuses. (At least I can convince myself that they are reasonable!) Reason one: I’ve lusted after the ability for my phone and computer to communicate. I had a pda some years ago, and loved that I could synch two machines and easily look up my schedule, my contacts, and docs when I wasn’t sitting at home. But I didn’t like having to carry my pda and my phone. Ergo reason two: I want it all and I want it in one device.

But still, why an iPhone? Wouldn’t any smart phone do these days? I think you’ve got me there. And in fact, if I hadn’t lost my phone while skiing about two years ago and had to extend my contract in order to replace it, my iPhone lust wouldn’t have been so strong. (I did find the original phone when the snow melted about 6 weeks later. It still worked too, but by then I’d already replaced it. Another story for another time…) I’d have settled for whatever was available then.

But from what I’ve read lately, as good as any of the other smart phones are, none of them can top the iPhone. And I’ve noticed a new trend in my way of looking at the world. I am less and less inclined to settle for less than I really want. So that’s probably reason three. I wanted it. Isn’t that sometimes just enough? It was for me!

And I gotta say that I am LOVING my new toy! I’ve been importing cds like crazy (and while we speak) and listening to the most interesting shuffle (also while we speak) that I rarely would take the time to do on any previous day. It’s remarkable that such a small device can hold so much fun (117 cds so far and there’s still room!) – and all my calendar, schedule, weather, email, and even Google Earth where I can look at aerial views of the whole planet! In the palm of my hand!

So, okay, this isn’t an ad for an iPhone. I know it might sound like one, but really I don’t think you should (necessarily) go out and get one for yourself. Nope. What I think is that I – and you – should not settle! We should seek out, savor, and thrill to all the excitement and adventure that’s available in the world. Maybe an iPhone won’t do it for you. What will? What are you settling for when perhaps a fairly small change would give you a whole new outlook on the possibilities in your life? What would juice you up so you could say, “I am LOVING this new _________________ in my life?” I’ll be asking myself these questions in future weeks, months, and years. I hope you will too!

Hoping you’ll find that zing this week!

Sally