To phone or not to...

The other day, I had a discussion with someone over taking your mobile phone with you wherever you go. He takes it everywhere, I don't. Sometimes I just don't need to talk to others or have others have the ability to talk to me. I don't need to talk to someone on the phone when I'm doing grocery shopping, visiting a museum or picking out my weekly supply of books at the library. He retorted that he would never be able to live with himself if something happened to someone, they had wanted to contact him, but he didn't have his mobile phone on him. There's a point there, I admit, but somehow I just can't get myself to take my mobile with me wherever I go. I need some downtime. Without other people interfering. Selfish as that may be, but it's one of the ways I help keep myself sane. I believe that communication options such as mobile phones and PDAs are just that: options, not default.

This entry, in part, was sparked by a blog-entry from Attagirl and an article she referred to on HBS Working Knowledge.