via Daily Prompt: Simple

Can the millennial generation appreciate simplicity? Would they know the simple life if it smacked them in the face?

I’m thinking not so much. I submit: their inability to unplug.

The past summer, my son and his friend (we consider him our second son) were in Mongolia. The second son was there in the Peace Corps and my son was visiting. Internet was very sporadic and I think it was the first time my son was forced to go off grid and resort to reading a paperback in years. Oh, I’m sure he had his phone or tablet on hand as a security blanket, but in reality, I wonder how comfortable he felt for those three weeks without technology at hand.

Now I have to hold the mirror up to my face and admit I’d find it just as difficult to be without my smartphone. laptop and tablet – the holy trinity of technology. My life isn’t necessarily simpler, but I love it.

However, I can set my phone down and not lose sleep over a missed call. I crave for the day when I might have the house to myself for a weekend and could read from sun up till sundown.

That’s the simple life I would like.