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Saturday, I woke up to an unworkable phone. The only thing I could do with it is accept incoming phone calls. No texting, placing phone calls, returning phone calls, checking voice messages. Nothing. So, I began using creating communication techniques.

1. Landlines. Hey, I almost forgot these things existed! I've never used my office phone more.

2. Chat Functions - I'm HUGE fan of Gmail's Gchat, but I had to get used to yahoo chat, too. I could send messages to my intended through yahoo chat (gotta keep the lines of communication open)

3. Gchat's text function. Talk about innovative! I can use gchat to send a text message to anyone's (in the US) cell phone and receive a response. This beats going to Sprint or Verizon's website and sending a text simply because you can actually get a response back!

4. Email. An old stand-by, I've used it to let people on my "most called" list know I wasn't ignoring them if they happened to call, but my phone was dead. Didn't want any hurt feelings, you know?

How does this relate to finances? Well, obviously I've done fine communicating without a cell phone for 5 whole days. Maybe I really don't need one THAT bad...