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- Apple's ongoing switch to USB-C charging cords has thrown off my whole charging rig.
- My drawers are full of cords — but, somehow, I never have the one I need.
- I'm in Charging Cord Hell, and I know I'm not alone here.
The other night, I did something regrettable that has become a too-familiar experience for me: I went to bed without charging my phone. Not out of choice, not for some zen mindful practice of not keeping my phone next to my bed. It was because, at some point during the day, my phone's charging cord had been commandeered to some other outlet outside the bedroom to charge some other device.