First post

Just a little something to start.

I've never blogged, can you tell?  I don't know what format this will take or if I will even keep up with it. Maybe it will become a form of journaling for me as I try to reclaim some of the feeling I had when the Internet was new.  I'll start with decorating my profile and learn some of the coding tricks, then when I'm happy enough I'll find some forums and groups and friends. I have a beautiful group of friends already but something about having an online space feels different. 

It was refreshing to see a potential social media that was free from ads and algorithms. Sure. You had to work a little bit harder to find community but when you do it feels....satisfying. 

This is somewhat of a new years resolution for me. A start to slowing down and really hanging out with content instead of just scrolling by endlessly with half of it trying to sell me something. Not just that though, a start to rewiring my brain to enjoy things again. To turn the Internet back into a place a person goes and then leaves after a while. I began with moving my computer to my dining room. Classic. 

Then I plan on signing into my socials there and removing them from my phone with a few exceptions for messaging of course. But maybe even then I'll get to cut back on that too, maybe try having more phone calls and less silent texts. Something about actually talking to people and physically getting to make expressions and movement that comes with enjoying company and conversation. I also plan on moving to more physical media. It's scary to think about how much we could lose if a site just decided to shut down or something. Or how many memories get lost by just being photos in a cloud. As I've gotten older, it's a bit sad. 

My hope with this is that I will put down my phone and leave the internet and be more present with the things and people around me. To find my hobbies and really become a person again......I used to be so bright. 

Well, I'm sure you get the point by now. I'll stop blabbing on. It's late and I'll keep talking in circles. I don't have a fully fledged plan on how this will go, maybe everyone will think it's lame and I'll feel too cringy to get into this. Either way 

Just a little something to start.