A Day Without Technology

I remember when I was younger and not many people had cellphones. Now I could not imagine a day without one. When I was younger I had a house phone so when my friends and I wanted to talk I called my friends land lines. Now all of my friends have cell phones. I got my first cell phone the christmas of my eighth grade year. I was so excited! Back then I was almost fifteen and the year was 2004. It was a simple motorola Kyocera flip phone, my other friends had regular phones, at the time my phone was among the coolest. Now phones have touch and projector screens and internet. If that tells you how much phones have changed in just 6 years. When I first got my phone everyone just called each other, no one texted. Now almost everyone, even my own grandma texts.
My grandparents always tell me about the times when they were young and they had to find their own means of entertainment. Back before their were phones or even televisions. Back when their were numerous amounts of farms, and people grew their own food. The generation currently in high school was a part of the rapidly growing economy full of technological advances, they can not even remember the slow economy from before very well. The students in elementary school are even more a part of the technology evolution. First graders have cell phones now. When people get hungry they pull into drive thru's to pick up dinner if they feel too tired to cook. The economy had changed dramatically in the past 40 years. Everything in this world is moving extremely fast.
I cannot go a day without using some sort of technology now, I might could have before I had so much exposure to it, but now that I have I do not want to go without it. Technology is like a rapidly growing disease, once you have it you can not get rid of it. Almost everything relies on technological advances. Most people do not want to go back to the simpler time before this technology boom. People prefer the more entertaining chaotic way of society in modern times. Back when my grandparents were little they played games outside and actively used their imagination, today most kids can not use their own imagination, because they are constantly exposed to the imaginations of other people.
There are some aspects of todays society that people enjoy but every once in awhile its nice to try and get a way to a time of relaxation and tranquility. To take time away from the hectic style of modern life and take a step back to enjoy the nature aspect not just the technological aspect.