What this is all about


Making everyday life experiences and activities (that may either be mundane or taken for granted) and adding a challenge to them.
It's about pushing comfort zones, learning new things and adapting to change.




Monday, August 1, 2011

#5 - No Cell Phone

Challenge: No use of cell phone. Landline phones are acceptable.

I'm not sure how people functioned prior to cell phones. Maybe times were less busy back then. But this was a difficult challenge as I found myself in more than one frustration situation with no way to reach anyone. Planning ahead of time or via email was key. Needless to say, I failed on Day #1 to call friends as we needed an extra players for softball. I was extremely torn on whether to fail my challenge or possibly forfeit our softball game. I guess you see where my priorities lie. I did rebound and make it the next 6 straight days.

Take-aways
Texting to people via email was super helpful. Here's how you address an email to someone's phone and it will come across in a text.

AT&T – cellnumber@txt.att.net
Verizon – cellnumber@vtext.com
T-Mobile – cellnumber@tmomail.net
Sprint PCS - cellnumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com

You can also do the reverse and send an email to someone by texting their email address instead of phone number.

NEXT CHALLENGE: NO CAR
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  1. ReubenAugust 4, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Way to be. If you needed advice, I wish you would have sent me a letter...I was once on a softball team that needed players, yet I had no cell. Be ready for texts from me from you-know-where...how can I find out what service provider a number comes from??

    You should postpone the next challenge until January and see how it goes.

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