This blog post is long overdue. I bought my new phone in February 2023, so I should’ve written this back then. I’m lazy.
I knew my #AppleWatchSelfie series would end once I got a new phone. My Apple Watch - Series 0 - hasn’t been updatable since watchOS 4 and it dropped off Apple’s list of compatible devices in September 2018. (It worked with my iPhone 7. The current Series 8 watch runs on watchOS 9.) My watch’s face earned several battle scars over the years: scrapes, scratches and chips from moving boxes at a grocery store, failed attempts at rock climbing and drunken late nights.
I used Marriott points - earned on Ferris State University’s dime - to get that watch back in 2016. I decided that when the watch became obsolete, I wouldn’t spend my own money to replace it. The selfies were fun, moving furniture around and positioning my phone atop stacks of books to get the perfect vantage point. Fitness tracking was interesting and often times surprising. But, I can still capture selfies with just my phone and I roughly know how many calories I burn doing poolside yoga.
It has been a lovely journey from mostly-dark brown hair in Michigan (and various forms of facial hair) to mostly-grey hair in Arizona. Thanks for following along!