upgrading

As I think about my situation, choosing to update my iPhone and definitely feeling the hesitation to press "Update".

But once I did, I felt anticipation of for what is coming!

Once the update was completed, I felt shock when I couldn't launch Notespark, an app that I have held onto from a long time ago which is not compatible with the new iOS.

This app is old and there is no new version.
As I stare at the error message, my mind goes into a frenzy trying to figure out a solution.

For the next 12 hours I research and scramble to find a way to restore my phone back to the way it was.

back to the way it was...

I have to get access to that data so I can export it!
Have to go back to the past!

When I connected with Feather I conveyed this, and at that moment I wondered if this was a lesson on "letting go".

This whole iPhone update scenario parallels what I am going through in real life.

But the situation at hand takes over, I am heavily distracted as the voice inside my head starts a debate...

• If the data was important I would have backed it up or transferred it already!

• I don't really use the app that much, I keep it around for archival purposes so I can access that data. A reminder.

I think to myself...

"If I hardly use that information, then why am I so distraught to lose it?"

"We are here now and this is no way to go back, so why bother trying and just keep moving forward?"

parallels...

Hardly use the information.
Hardly connect with people from my past.

For archival purposes, a reminder.
A reminder of how I used to be.

Refused to update my iPhone.
Staying in the past.

Holding onto apps that don't work anymore.
Holding onto the past to stay stuck.

to stay stuck...

*sigh*

I've upgraded and the old programming don't work here anymore.
Phased out.

old programming doesn't work here anymore...

That is quite a statement.

I have more in common with my iPhone than I realize.

#chasingbutterflies