Cell Phone Gripe - Practical Reasons to be Off The Grid

Lately I've been trying to brainwash myself.  That's the only way I can really make big changes in my life.  I think people who claim they have revelations, or epiphanies- life changing events- are really the ones fooling themselves.  At least I can admit it.  This time, I'm thinking I really should get off the grid.  Fuel consumption, cats or dogs, city or country, etc...not many other things can determine the short-term outcome of a friendship or marriage.  So can I find enough reasons to convince myself to dismiss the expensive, unnecessary cell phone that holds me down like a pin wherever I am?  At this point, I have made it clear to everyone I know that if they try to call me on my cell phone, I will have it with me.  That is truly the case- it is a modern-day runestone.  It connects me with my world like nothing else does, because of its high portability.