One of my best investments I have made is a cell phone - not just any cell phone, but a Samsung Galaxy smartphone and it has been one of the best investments I have ever made. My parents did not give me a cell phone; they just give me a Tracphone which was a not cool cell phone. My parents did not care for my social life at all - they wanted me to be isolated from everyone else - they think this modern way of communication is strange and you have to do it the old fashioned way by calling - who calls anymore. Now we are in the digital era and my parents are dinosaurs in the digital era - they don't even get the concept of the many new technologies of the internet such as Facebook and they still have a 90s era philosophy of the internet - it is for eBay. They are baffled by this modern form of communication does seem to work out with the younger generation - Generation Y and Z.
My parents did not like this high tech communication world - they think it is a teenage punk rebellion thing but actually people their age are taking advantage of this modern form of communications. I always thought they were just out of touch with technology and didn't care - I think they hated computers.
I had bought this smartphone with my own money and it has changed my life in many ways - even my parents are starting to become pleased with this investment they had made. This smartphone has opened up my social world and it has become the greatest investment that I had ever made so far. This was one of the first mature investments I had made and it was a great responsibility - I pay about $90 a month and it is worth every penny. I used to spend my money on iTunes and it did not benefit me a bit - but now this smartphone is the best investment. Every time I pay for this smartphone, I have realize that I earn my social life - it has a value to it and it is going to change my life for good. I use this smartphone by text to find out what is actually going on - I negotiate conflicts with my friends and get my problem solved with my friends - my parents are actually relieved when I get my problems solved. I barely use the iPod - I had downloaded less and less music and this $200 has been a waste of garbage that should of been bought on a iPhone. I could use a Google Play account and downloaded music on my Android, but I got the 4G data plan where I can stream music like a radio which I don't need to download. This modern age of technology has been a lifeline.
The Android that I have bough ten has everything - data so I can look things up, applications, check ins, text messaging - everything that I need and it is a lifeline, along with the calling function. The traditional calling function I don't use but I do text a lot - keeping in touch with my friends and developing connection in between them. This has been opening up my world and it has been the best investment that I had made.
My world has progressively changed since I got this phone and that phone, even though my mom thought I was crazy, she is starting to think this thing was a blessing. I proudly pay for that Android - better than any other social crutch that I have. The iPod was not cool - Playstations are not cool - you are a nerd. Video games are not cool but this Android system is cool.
The next thing that I have underestimated the value of but my dad thinks is the ticket to the social world is the car. My dad is a huge car nut but there is a value to it - the car will take you places and paying for gas in this car, along with the phone, will let you have access to the many people that you meet. He drives around and socializes with the car - he thinks the car is the ticket and the car shows status as much as the cell phone does for me. The traditional view of status with the car roots back to the 1950s and it still does today, in the age of the new millennium. He has this view that the car is a conversation piece, it is your lifeline, and it always works. I had rode a bike around, took a taxi - not the same as having a car because it is freedom. Smartphones let you have freedom if you use it right. He thinks the car used as status is still relevant to the modern age of 2013 hitting on 2014 and not really something as far back as 1957.
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