My Most Prized Possession?

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Most Prized Possession? My most prized possession is my phone. I feel lost if I do not know where my phone is. I use my phone for many purposes. I use it mainly to make calls and text. I also use it as an alarm clock. I search for recipes and watch funny videos. My phone is used as a GPS. I even get my school emails on my phone. My phone has been very useful for me, especially as a first year student away from home. There are many reasons why my phone is my most prized possession. The main reason why my phone is useful and my most prized possession is because it can be used for entertainment. I watch videos on it. There is also a variety of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and twitter. Snap chat is another application my phone is used for, along with Pinterest. I also use my phone as a TV guide. My phone is probably used 70 percent of the day just checking social media or texting. Yikes! I am on it when I am bored or even on breaks at work. At school I am on it between classes. My phone has made my life a lot better in many …show more content…
I love trying new recipes. People who have the internet on their phones don’t need cookbooks anymore. I can also search for answers to questions I don’t know, like, finding information for assignments. I can look up videos of how to do different things, like hair styles. Music is another thing I can search. I listen to music, from my phone, in my car all the time. I rarely listen to the radio anymore.. My little cousins always want to play on my phone, so I download games for them to play. My phone is my most prized possession I own. I am attached to it, however I don’t feel like it takes over my life. When I am with family I don’t ignore them because I am looking at my phone. I don’t think I would function very well without my phone because it helps me in so many ways. My phone helps me with more than keeping in touch with friends and family, school, as a GPS and for searching different

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