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This week has been pretty tiring and relaxing at the same time. I decided to switch from AT&T to Mint Mobile most likely because of Ryan Reynolds making it seem like a great idea. But as I’d never switched carriers, I of course had to learn the hard way and so accidentally transferred the phone without having unlocked it first. So when I installed the SIM card, the phone wouldn’t work even though I was on Mint Mobile. So I tried to unlock it, but was unsuccessful at doing so despite going there. I had tried unlocking it apparently too many times, and it triggered a 24 hour delay that rolled over into another 24 hour delay. So for a few days, I had no phone, and it was glorious and frustrating at the same time. First, I had no phone. I’d already left social media, and then I left smart phones, and it helped with my distractedness and habitual tendency to check the phone and that was wonderful. I didn’t have music or maps in the car, but I live in Waco texas and can do…
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