What Goes at Red and Stops at Green?

What goes at red and stops at green?

No, not a traffic light - do you want to lose demerit points? Chilli? Pepper? Watermelon?

Nope, I'm talking about your phone's battery.

But Alli, a phone stops running when the battery goes red? #confusedaboutlife #whatphonedouhave #mustbiPhone7

See how we have already associated this analogy to the lifespan of a phone - a digital artifact without a soul, when in fact, I'm talking about our life as a human being functioning on earth? My point is that our life begins a minute after our phone’s battery bar is red and on 2%. The moment we recharge it so as to get even a tinge of green – our life stops again.

So many times have we been reliant on this electronic brick to provide us a portable screen of entertainment, a convenient way to communicate with friends, to pass the time in awkward situations and to ditch the Rolex watch mum bought for graduating high school because hey, who needs extra weight on your wrist when the time’s on your phone? ** Actually not serious about the last one because Rolex > Time on cracked iPhone screen any day **

After watching the video linked below, I have come to the conclusion that we are all just walking dead. We are all losing touch with reality and valuing stupid, tangible things at the touch of a screen without appreciating what’s right in front of us. We get out of bed but we haven’t really awoken. We wait for everyone to receive their meal at a restaurant before eating – not out of respect but so we can take a good Insta pic (okay I’m guilty for all of this pls don’t judge me).

But if we could imagine, just for a day, to wake up to an alarm clock and eat salmon on poached eggs and asparagus without needing to document it to acquire likes (because you’re that trendy and such a brunch hipster) – have a phone on 0% battery – how much more time would we have on our hands? Or in our hands to say the least.

I would say that life begins after coffee but today I’m feeling that life begins after our phone dies. Let’s actually go when it’s red.

Link to video: http://youtu.be/8-xk7YunVhc