1 Month of Detoxing

  My first big step into social media was Facebook back in 2011. I was, well, 11, and mostly playing the games that came with it. But from then I hopped onto Instagram, where I'd post selfies nearly everyday and scroll down posts. That's where the serotonin need truly began.

  

  I then decided to try reddit, but something else caught my attention: Twitter. Do you guys remember Twitter before Elon owned it? Seems like a lifetime ago. A lot more calm, a lot less reactionary. A lot less filled with nazis. Like seriously, it seems that that specifically is a big issue now. New nazi hub just dropped. Anonymous could do the funniest shit rn just sayin.

  I started noticing this trend that, no matter how many people I blocked to avoid seeing awful takes and grifting behaviors, there would be more thrown into my feed, because people can't really help themselves to repost, comment, like, screenshot to post... 

  Don't get me wrong, these people need to be re-educated and lobotomized with how much spiteful shit they're regurgitating out there with no shred of empathy or understanding of the human condition and how society works. But I'm tired of wasting my precious time on this earth fighting people who simply want attention. Arguing with debate pervs. Getting riled up over "ragebait" which is obviously a new and improved "its just a prank bro".

  So I got an Alt Mive flip phone, I decorated it, I put it to work, and only installed the necessary apps... a month ago.

  Now? I don't really miss it. I still do the thing of opening the phone here and there to check the time when I find myself alone bc of the awkwardness of just standing somewhere, but it's been so much more beneficial for my ADHD, for my hobbies, for my life in general to not become constantly glued to the screen...

  Like, guys, I'm doing academic level research on topics that are relevant for the story I'm writing. I'm buying books, I'm drawing, I'm going outside to just take a walk around the dutch countryside (goated).

  If you're bored, if you're depressed, if you're anxious or alone, do yourself a favor. Do a digital detox.

It's worth it, I promise.