Living Like 1980 for 48 Hours

I disconnected everything for forty eight hours to live exactly like someone in 1980.

No smartphone. No internet. No digital anything. Just a rotary phone that took forever

to dial and a television with four channels. The first shock hit when I woke up without knowing

the time or weather. I had to look outside like some kind of caveman. Getting lost was

terrifying because maps don't talk back and every wrong turn meant actually being lost.

I wanted to order food but had to flip through a phone book the size of a dictionary.

Calling took three minutes because that dial moved slower than my patience. Entertainment meant

whatever was on TV right now or nothing. I missed a call from my mom because