In the early phases of the so-called "smart" phone it was easy to start lambasting
the "old" or "outdated" technology of traditional home phone service but that of course was before we realized just how insidiously troublesome all of this constant access would get us into. These days you can not go a moment without some sort of interruption from one end of the smart phone spectrum or another. Whether you are being mentioned on Twitter or "liked" on Facebook or simply being texted or emailed on your cellular phone there really is no rest from communication. Instead you have to make conscious choices to drop off of the grid when the opportunity presents itself. You have to shut off your phone and cut off all contact just to get a project finished or spend some time actually watching a movie or television show. Does anyone even read books anymore?
Seriously having the will power to just shut off your phone is hard and of course there are those old excuses. What if there is an emergency? Well this is of course the reason that you maintain home phone service even as technology has lead you so far astray from it's warm comforting presence. Did you know that for decades prior to the early aughts people actually did all of their phone talking while at home? Pretty insane I know. What is even crazier is that whenever someone called and you were not in the presence of your residential phone service they were forced to simply wait. That is right, patiently or impatiently they had to wait this thing out until you could get them on the line. These days no matter what the issue it seems highly likely that your friend would be pulling their hair out and running around like a lunatic until they got hold of you.
Now the end game of all of this, the whole point to this writing, is to encourage you to consider some form of internet phone service. A basic internet phone line can be a great way to, even when you make a conscious decision to turn off the world for a bit, leave yourself open to emergency phone calls. You simply need to make the whole purpose of this particular phone line known to anyone you share it with. As a result you will have an effective and fool proof way to get some personal time without thwarting a bad situation.