Me and my phone: the longest relationship I've ever had

I try to be a person who doesn't rely completely on electronic devices; on one side, to save myself from suffering in case they get lost and, on the other side, to keep cultivating, and not leaving aside, certain aspects which I consider relevant that have been left aside since the boom of technology.

Despite the previous point, and as a college student, technology is fundamental in life most of the time; their uses go from reading or writing for university to keeping in touch with other people or lurking. In this sense, phone is what I use the most: I can read and highlight texts, taking tests, write e-mails, listen to music, keep in touch with my family, among many other things.

It's true that I prefer to keep my tasks separated -for example, I would rather read and write texts on my laptop-, but still, the cellphone is easier to carry around and, as stated before, gives me the possibility to sum up several devies in one.

A while ago, my phone was stolen on my way back home and I had to spend a couple weeks without a new one; that period of time made me realize how much I really need it and use it. I was completely distanced from my classmates, so doubts about works or texts couldn't be solved until meeting them personally. I couldn't set alarms either -because I'm way too hard to wake up-, and lost important files (pictures and music). Those were stressful days, full of stress and confusion, yet I finally managed to live without my mobile.

Recently, I got a new phone -that I almost lost again-, and we have gotten into a new relationship, which hopefully, will last for a long time. I use it most part of my day and now I', fully intended to take care of it properly.

Why did I choose Anthropology?

I'll start this blog saying that I ask myself every day why I am studying Anthropology. I'm a curious girl that get bored so easily so it's hard for me doing something that doesn't like. For that reason, I must look for ways to stay interested in what I am doing.

When I was a child I wanted to study so many things: I wanted to be a writer, a CSI detective, a marine biologist, a pilot of the FACH, a gymnast, an Olympic swimmer, and the list goes on. At Highschool, when we have to start to choose what we gonna be, I felt frightened because I didn't know what I wanted to be the rest of my life.

In 2015 I told to myself that I wanted to be a math engineer because I really like maths and I was horrible for biology and physic so I just wanted math in my life. But I couldn't choose just math (and add to that my father doesn't like so much my idea) so I decided to choose the three humanities (philosophy, literature and history) that were something that I like, but I didn't think I was good at that.

In 2016 I found the Anthropology and I seemed the best option considering how broad the program is. At the end of Highschool, in 2017, I started to get the idea that I would enter the university; I was happy because School wasn't a very nice experience, but at the same time I was anxious and nervous about my new life.

Right now I'm having a stressful but so funny life at the university. I don't know what I'll do in the future, but I consider interesting the linguistic anthropology so maybe I'll focus on that.

Autobiography

My name is Camila Arias, I am from Santiago de Chile and I'm nineteen years old. I live with my parents, my older brother, one of my two sisters (the youngest) and my pets: thirteen cats and one dog.

My family has a weird attraction for cats. Before I was born, June seventeenth of nineteen-ninety nine, cats were living in my house. Right now, the obsession is so big that EVERYTHING is about cats in our life.

At that moment I'm on my first year of Anthropology at Universidad de Chile and although the change between high school and university is hard and stressful, I feel happy and excited to be where I am. I try to make my university life get better (less stress and to be more healthy) so I started to play volleyball, although I had to wait too much, and ride my bike.

Added to sports, I like to read, which is amazing because I have to read a lot in Anthropology, and to watch videos on Youtube about lettering. Some of my days are just reading and studying, but to be here teaching me so much about life and at the end of the day the result is positive.