I used to spend an embarrassing amount of time on the social media, not really enjoying myself. I tried taking breaks for a month or so at a time, but would get sucked right back in because of some dumb meme or hype train or something.
Then after a while something snapped. I realized everything I saw online was extremely boring and shallow, and I had no desire to see it. I didn’t log out of any of my socials, and I still have the apps installed, I just have 0 desire to use them. Same goes for news sites and blogs (I used to read an article or two a day on at least a dozen sites). I don’t know what in my brain changed, but I’m glad it did because now I get about 4 hours of every day back.
Most of what’s online is just so pointless, but even worse, it’s not very enjoyable, and is often anxiety-inducing. I’d rather literally stare at the ceiling and just let my mind wander. Hacker News is the last site I still frequent, but even this has seemed extremely dull lately.
Not a general dullness. I’ve gotten really into things I’ve never been interested in before, like gardening, bike-riding, and strength training. And there are several old nerdy hobbies I still enjoy—the internet is just very suddenly not one of them.
Then after a while something snapped. I realized everything I saw online was extremely boring and shallow, and I had no desire to see it. I didn’t log out of any of my socials, and I still have the apps installed, I just have 0 desire to use them. Same goes for news sites and blogs (I used to read an article or two a day on at least a dozen sites). I don’t know what in my brain changed, but I’m glad it did because now I get about 4 hours of every day back.
Most of what’s online is just so pointless, but even worse, it’s not very enjoyable, and is often anxiety-inducing. I’d rather literally stare at the ceiling and just let my mind wander. Hacker News is the last site I still frequent, but even this has seemed extremely dull lately.