# Prof. Vicki Morwitz on alternative ways to keep track of your cell phone

1 Faculty News March 23, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030943.jpg?itok=_uNI2o6o)>

Excerpt from [SmartMoney blog](http://blogs.smartmoney.com/paydirt/2012/03/23/lost-phones-cost-americans-30-billion-a-year/?link=SM_hp_ls4e) -- "'You can teach yourself to be more mindful,' \[[Morwitz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vicki-morwitz)\] says. 'After losing my favorite hat in a taxi, I now mindfully check the taxi seat every time after I get up and before I close the door.'"

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