i didn't realize how much of my time was wasted on my phone - everything i was consuming was straight anxiety juice. pinterest is peaceful and i love it on here, i don't spend hours on either and it's a nice little check-in when i feel like it
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sometimes painful but it gives me time to reflect and relax without a constant stream of information lighting up my brain. I feel itβs helping fix my brain chemistry
May 7, 2025
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I LOVE limiting screen time because I become hypersensitive to how used I am to using easy entertainment as a crutch to keep from dealing with my own discomfort. A professor of mine always used to talk about how screens keep us from reaching rock bottom of our souls. From really knowing ourselves, our minds, and most of all Boredom. And I think thereβs a ton of merit to that thought.
it made me focus on letting myself get real bored by not being on screens. ive found it opens up the door to my own thoughts and creativity, but also lets me fill that time with other things. Looking around, going on walks, reading books, writing. Things that might be distractions, but they fill my soul up instead of draining it.
ideas emerge from my mind much easier, or maybe it is just easier to pull them out of my mind without the yucky film screens wrap all my thoughts in.
One thing I recommend doing is turning phone grayscale on by turning color filters on and reducing white point. You can make it an accessibility shortcut so itβs easy to switch between color and b&w screen but it makes my phone in general feel much less like a weapon against my eyes and brain. And, frankly, it makes scrolling less beautiful than the real world. Like I could either look at this sad little light box fake world or THIS ONE IM LIVING IN.
I also just can't overstate how much I love being off instagram. I get to ask friends who I really care about what theyre up to, they tell me real things about their lives instead of the polished version, I share the same back. I don't feel like I have to keep up or worry if I dont want to.
And I honestly feel happy to not be faced with a divisive algorithm and stupid reels sucking me in.
It just feels like the kind thing to do for my mind. I know this is a dissertation but Iβm really passionate about this initiative LOL.
Jun 1, 2024
whenever i get overwhelmed and anxious from being on my phone/social media, i look at this ad i got one time, and realize its not that serious.
like social media is really designed to make us mad and upset, just so they can sell us things while weβre vulnerable.
also it is fun to quote when i want a snack
Mar 4, 2025
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The entire algo is filled with rage baiting bots meant to make you feel disenfranchised and othered while it throws the worst content at you back to back to back - I got off the ride finally π π½ I stayed for so long because I felt like I was getting important information about the world but it's honestly edited crap meant to keep you scrolling. Comments filled with misogynoir, ableist, and xenophobic word vomit. Back to blogs and youtube vlogs - it honestly feels so amazing to not have that app there. So much time wasted and energy lost - happy to adjust what I consider connecting and being connected π
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It's like I've been released from the shackles of obsession instantaneously and they start looking like npc ken dolls - they turn into background characters so fast...my mind clears them from its memory immediately and the sun is just so π afterwards the birds, the air, the earth - what a magical feeling
Shout out to the girlies who have explored enough to know what is and is not a good time, exercising your voice and not settling because it's "comfortable" in all other aspects is something i'm so proud of myself for
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