
Those businesses that I frequent and have an app, I have downloaded it and I can use it to place an order, book a room, purchase tickets, etc. I can find the number for most anything else with a quick search of the web.

My contact list for clients is stored right on the device and can easily be searched and retrieved. I can use it to order and purchase services and goods. In many ways it has replaced the need for a wallet. At this point I can not see myself without my smart phone. I use my iPhone to find what I’m looking for, how to get there with directions, then research more about the products or services when I get where I’m going. Most of the time when I’m looking for my phone all I need to do is look at my other hand! I can use my smart phone to do so many things now that I often only use a computer while at work. When I’m checking my pockets now, that is what I’m searching for. I use my iPhone throughout the day and it is always on me or near my person. It takes 68 minutes for them to report a lost phone. Here is a statistic that I found that put this into perspective.ġ) It takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet. Now when I check my pockets I’m not looking for my wallet, I’m looking for my phone. I didn’t even notice that it was not in my pocket, I also didn’t remember how many days I had left it there. I have come home and when I got to my night stand to empty my pockets like normal I have found my wallet sitting in the bowl. If I couldn’t find it there then I would really have to think and retrace my steps to find it. I would check my local surroundings and then that bowl on my night stand that I would empty my pockets into at the end of the day. If I did not feel my wallet in my pocket I would begin a quick search.

The business cards of some of my clients and from businesses that I frequent. My pictures of my kids, friends, and family. My wallet of course has very important things in it. Just a quick check of my pocket to reassure myself that it was there and that I had not left it behind at the house, on the store counter, or at that restaurant.

I remember when I use to naturally check my pockets often to make sure that I had my wallet.
