once you go smartphone, can you ever go back?

I read this article on mashable yesterday that got me thinking about something that I already think about a lot--iphone/social media addiction. 

I know, I know, it sounds really silly, but probably not as silly to people who have a smartphone. I've gone to brunch with a few blogger friends who admit to the addictive loop of checking emails, twitter feeds, instagram, facebook, etc... So, i know i'm not alone.

In the article it talks about people feeling anxious or jittery when they're not online. 

I wouldn't go so far as to put myself in that category, but I would say I feel a pretty annoyed when I know my phone battery is about to die and I won't be able to keep 'up to date' on things until i can get it to a charger.

I just feel like I fill a lot of my 'nothing to do' minutes with an endlessly checking of the online happenings. Some of them matter (I really am so grateful for the friends I've met through these platforms), but some of the things I could definitely live without knowing.

What I'm really afraid of are two things:

1. are those quiet 'nothing to do' moments the ones where i could be receiving creative inspiration (something I feel like i've been lacking in for a while)

and 

2. if i'm this engulfed in my phone, what is the next generation going to be like? 

frankly, it makes me scared. i don't want them to miss out on life because they're too busy staying up to date online. i don't want to be a hypocrite, so i know i need to make some changes. 

i really think that if i wasn't such a big fan of instagram (i may be addicted, but i also have always been addicted to taking pictures of everything--ask my friends that have known me since 3rd grade) i would give up on smartphones and go back to the basics.

Anyone have a (realistic) solution? 

Do you feel like you suffer from IUD/Internet Use Disorder?

outfit details:

straw fedora hat & black and tan striped shirt//forever21 $6/$12

gold watch//c.o. mimi's the look

BDG cigarette high-rise skinnies (i wear them almost everyday, i'm obsessed)//urban outfitters $58

india booties//c.o. blowfish shoes

More Forever 21...

the day i realized i was a fool.

sunday was one of the greatest days of my life.

sunday there was a solar eclipse and no, it did not involve disgusting vampires or silly a capella groups.

it did, however, involve a few of my very favorite things that are neither silly nor disgusting:

1. the moon 2. the sun 3. my local community college planetarium 4. amazing 'solar viewers' (that i didn't know were one of my favorite things until i used them for the first time on sunday) and 5. telescopes

you guys, it's like no one really understood the crazy awesomeness that we were witnessing!

i was running, and jumping, and squealing, and almost bursting out into tears when I looked in the telescope and saw the moons passing in front of the sun--like a lovers rendezvous.

for goodness sakes, LOOK!:

why weren't more people freaking out?

why when i speed across town, with a 'solar viewer' in hand, to try and let my sister and brother-in-law catch the last few seconds of the passing, did they say, "Cool" in sort of the most unconvincing tone anyone could muster?

and probably the most important question of all, 

WHY am i not an astronaut?

or at the very least an astronomer?

because i'm a fool.

clearly.

We will return after a short break...

Hey guys, I'm going to check out for a few days. You see everytime I sit in front of my computer I feel like I'm cheating on my book. I've never been a big reader (and I'm not bragging about that). I've always wanted to be, but it's just not something I ever think to do. But this week, everything has changed.

After a visit to Lauren's she grabbed her Hunger Games series and bid me read them. I had most of the week off from work so I decided I would give it a go. Now I am addicted! 

Every spare moment I have, my nose is in that book. I can't get the words in fast enough! It should only take me a few more days to get threw, but I'd rather not have to think about blogging while I finish up. 

See you on the flip side. 

(and if you have time and haven't read them yet, GET yourself to the library/Amazon/bookstore and let's talk about them when we're done!)

{For Fashion's Sake} Saturday: Asian Persuasion

I know I've already talked about this, but I'm an addict and I'm not even trying to recover.

I heart Boba Drinks. 

I think about them on the daily and if my bank account allowed it, I would drink them on the daily. 

For now, I settle for once or twice a week. 

The Boba drink cafe is located in an Asian strip mall--hence the "Koreana Video" and the "Asian Market" storefronts in my pictures. 

I love to go to the Asian Market because they have these delicious chewy candies called Hi-Chew. 

I'm telling you this, so that if you're ever around an Asian stripmall, you can go and buy these items and experience pure joy along with me. 

I'm also telling you this because I want you to know that I'm a fun person to hang around if you have a sweet tooth.

You should come to Arizona and come on these cultural adventures with me and eat foreign sweet things till we explode.

Good? Good.

The Breakdown:

Hair.do: Top-Knot

Feather Earrings: Ireland $4

Gold Coin Necklace: EmersonMade, Gift from NieNie

Polka Dot Blouse: Vintage via Buffalo Exchange $8ish

Yellow Braided Belt: Forever21 $3

Black Extra Thick Leggings: c/o WeLoveColors

Yellow Bow Shoes: Gap $30ish

Button Front Tops by Peter Nygard