Cell Phobia

For our purposes here, cell phobia will be defined as the uncomfortable feeling you get when you realize you don't have your cell phone or you are out of your service area. I have it in a big way. I absolutely refuse to go anywhere without my cell phone. I have declined speaking at conferences because they were meeting at locations that had little or no cell phone coverage. I'm not going to make any excuses - it's just the way I am, so deal with it.

However, my neighbor took it to new heights. He showed me how he mounted his cell phone to his bike handlebars so when we did our annual bike ride it was readily accessible. Liking the idea, I did the same thing with a little improvement - I added padding to absorb the shock.

If there were a local chapter of CPA (Cell Phobia Anonymous), I would most likely be a founding member.