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Irresistible technologies
After years of effort to spend less time online, and an intense loathing for the digital world, I still remain entranced by its trappings of entertainment, novelty, and escape.
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Reasons to be offline
It takes a lot more effort than what you read online to get accustomed to and enjoy life on the other side of Mark Zuckerberg’s digital playground. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.
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A year (trying to) spent offline
On quitting social media, a dumb smartphone, 52 books challenge, and more.
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Where did everyone go?
I had a thought recently: where did everyone go? Everyone is here, online. I’m just not here. And it sucks. Everyone is talking, but the silence is deafening.
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The loneliest place
The loneliest place promises to connect us with these billions of people worldwide, at any given time of the day. Yet, it is the loneliest place.
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When someone is wrong on the internet
This isn’t a post about wrong opinions on the internet. After all, someone, somewhere is always wrong on the internet. What to do about it, then?
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An experience for one
An experience for one: experiencing something, a moment, a thing, an event, without the need to capture, share, or post about it online.
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What I miss most about (not) having social media
I quit social media for three years, and a year or into it, I was doing things and not thinking about sharing online, and it was amazing. That’s what I miss the most.
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How we start our days is how we spend our days
And, “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Add an offline activity to the start of your day for better days.
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Should you delete social media? That’s the wrong question.
Real life is hard. Social media is easy. So, instead of, should I delete social media? The question should be, what effort am I willing to make?
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