Everything's Under Control. Situation Normal.

In a few weeks it will be my twentieth anniversary at my employer. Now you might say, “Twenty years! That’s a long time,” and it might be but it feels like it went in a blink of an eye.

Now here’s the kicker; I hate my job. I not only hate the actual job itself but I hate the managers and the environment I work in. It’s stressful not only because the job is inherently stressful but more so because if you make one little mistake, it could shave years off the reputation you’ve built.

There are cliques, there is favoritism. I could go on and on. And it’s been twenty years of this! I don’t know if it was sheer laziness or if I settled in some way but here I am; twenty years.

Tumblr is not a blogging site. It’s social media lite. If we had the ability to reply to posts like on Facebook, it would be a full-on social media site. Minus the ability to approve or disapprove followers from the minute they try to follow you. Go private on Tumblr? Block? Don’t make me laugh.

Instagram used to be a photo-sharing site. Not anymore. It’s a social media site. It’s a Facebook clone minus the ability to post text posts. It’s also Facebook plus the ability to go private.

Twitter is a news site. You might use it as a social media site but I use it for news and blurting things out that I’d normally blurt out when alone. I used to use it as a social media site but I don’t anymore. I share what I write and blurt things out.

Snapchat. Where do I begin? If you’re interested in Snapchat done right, join Instagram. (Full disclosure: invested in Snapchat at its IPO and lost more cash that I would have imagined. I went from a thousand-aire to a hundred-aire.)

VSCO. Photo-sharing site. Flickr. Same. I love VSCO because it’s simple and not full of all the bells and whistles Instagram possesses. It’s like “post your photos, look around and get outta here.”

WordPress. Blogger site. ’nuff said.

Sparrow.

What I always lose focus on is not “do I need a new iPhone” (because frankly, when I upgrade, I never do) but “what is it that I use the iPhone for.”

I use my iPhone like a mini computer, like an iPad. I have three iPads (”small,” “medium” and “large”) and one iPhone. My iPad mini is small enough to make it convenient to carry around. I always carry my MacBook Air, just in case. (in case what, I do not know. I fear not having a real computer with me if I need it, okay?!!)

I don’t use a lot of storage on my iPhone because I utilize iCloud when I can. The photos I take are uploaded to the iCloud a mere hours after they are taken because if they stay on my iPhone, I’d likely delete them by accident.

I rarely receive phone calls but when I do, they are sent to VM. I need to be prepared to talk to people. I can’t just take a call “on-the-fly” (thank you, anxiety.)

What I do need from an iPhone is lots of data (unlimited, please), the ability to take decent photos, and enough storage to download the apps I use (which are a lot). I need a stable iOS which is a challenge when working with a Developer account. Larger screens? Nice, but unnecessary. Screens that look like I’m looking through a window? Nice, but what I have is a-okay.

I had the original Apple Watch up to a month ago or so. It was fine. For what I do with a smart watch it worked just fine. I upgraded and now I have an Apple Watch that includes a data plan. It’s cool because I admittedly have n iPhone addiction and having the ability to leave it home and still be connected is good. Safe, even. What if something happens and you need to make an emergency call? Or text?