Why I’m Weirdly Grateful to My Pickpocket

Lessons learned after 120 hours without my phone

Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash

I was pickpocketed last year in central London, and unfortunately, the thief nabbed my brand new iPhone from inside my jacket pocket (annoying but almost impressive).

At the moment of the theft, I couldn’t see the pickpocket anywhere, and I ran into a bar hoping to borrow a phone to ring…