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I have made an effort to return to using the internet like I did when I was a kid: strictly using the computer for social media, youtube, and games. My phone is purely used for music and reading or art. I have gone from a 9 hour average of rotting on social media, to a 3 hour average of reading and listening to music per day. I didn't always have such a long screentime but since summer started I realized I was really wasting my life on my phone instead of enjoying summer. Even though social situations drain me, I have encouraged myself to go out more often and take the opprotunity to socialize. Now, it's not like this has solved all my problems, but the best thigns that have from it were being able to focus on new ways to bust boredom, like playing my dads bass and the piano a little bit. I also spent more time actualyl playing games with my friends too, which isnt productive really, but isnt something I regret either. Really the main thing this achived wasn't making me more productive or happier, but allowing me to focus on things I like and making me slightly more creative. It's just a better opprotunity to spend my time more wisely and avoid regret.
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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 there’s 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 it’s 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 I’m really passionate about this initiative LOL.
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 it’s 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 I’m really passionate about this initiative LOL.
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🗿Ive wasted so much of my life glued to my phone and although it hasn't been detrimental to my health or social life this addiction is holding me back from doing many things. It's hard to try and stray away from social media because most of the time, when i'm not on my phone I feel like i'm missing out on what's going. The feeling of needing to know trends, memes, and drama becomes draining to my mind. There are so many things which are way more productive and life enriching that I want to do but the ongoing feeling of needing to scroll one more time prevents me from doing these things. I'm aware that this all sounds like a lame excuse but for many this is a big problem. I feel somewhat disgusted with how lazy ive become, and Ive always felt like I never had time to do certain things, but as I look back it's simply because of that damn phone. It's time for me to stop caring about all the stupid shit I scroll past every single day and make a change. Definitely deleting TikTok and only keeping instagram for my friends. So this year and then on, I hope to read more, learn more, write more, and simply enjoy the world, with the hope to reconnect with myself and truly understand who I am as a person. I wish you all the same.
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Recently I've been thinking about how much time I've lost to looking at screens and playing video games (probably over a year or two cumulatively 😞). I've decided to stop consuming media until theres nothing I can really for in the day except practice finger picking my guitar while I watch whatever my wife (Taylor) puts on the TELEVISION. Whenever I think about my childhood or a time when I was younger, I am always plagued by the memory of having a device somewhere in that memory. I think I got a Gameboy when I was like 7 and it just kinda spiraled me into becoming heavily addicted to video games until like 21. I really wonder what it did to my brain (aside from the electromagnetic fields). Like I feel like a gambling addict but I've been gambling for so long and stuck in the casino for 16 years that im tired of it. But I feel like humans are able to unlearn and heal ur brain right? So yeah I've tried to stop going on IG and shit.
Jan 19, 2024
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💻be able to archive and repost something instead of deleting outright, hiding the post from your account until you repost it
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Jun 28, 2025
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The internet before was just a place you could visit, a physical location: your computer. Now that our computers lay in our pcokets all day, the internet is constantly chasing us, and we simply take the bait and escape reality any chance we get. It's true reality can be dark and dastardly but it can be a breath of fresh air too. As of today I am limiting all social media to my computer and using my phone for my true passions like art and reading.
P.S. children shouldnt have phones, don't raise them how quarantine raised you.
P.S. children shouldnt have phones, don't raise them how quarantine raised you.
Jul 8, 2025