Something broke lately.
I can’t say what it is, but I caught myself degenerating into a passive, chronically online state of mind. Doing loops on different social media websites, subreddits, and websites, refreshing them over and over again even though I just did that a second ago.
I burned out on it.
I feel this strange romanticism for people who are not on social media, don’t check it, are not infatuated by it.
They just post on their little nooks on the internet, not worried by any of the shit we mere mortals are so addicted to. Manuel is such a person. I envy him for it.
I’m forcing myself to do the same. I’m not going to delete my online presence, but I’m nuking the apps from my phone, and websites from my browser.
I will automate my posting. My blog already shares my microthoughts automatically to the networks, but I plan to solely use this feature going forward.
I will occasionally check my replies on the websites (until someone develops an app that pulls in replies and DMs), but the best way to reach me is via email.