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  • December 27, 2021

    A year (trying to) spent offline

    A year (trying to) spent offline

    On quitting social media, a dumb smartphone, 52 books challenge, and more.

  • October 19, 2021

    Where did everyone go?

    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.

  • October 4, 2021

    The loneliest place

    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.

  • September 21, 2021

    When someone is wrong on the internet

    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?

  • September 14, 2021

    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.

  • August 31, 2021

    What I miss most about (not) having social media

    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.

  • August 10, 2021

    How we start our days is how we spend our days

    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.

  • August 3, 2021

    Should you delete social media? That’s the wrong question.

    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?

  • July 6, 2021

    In praise of taking tiny digital breaks

    In praise of taking tiny digital breaks

    Tiny digital breaks are breaks from time spent online throughout the day where you usually reach for your device for a quick scroll or to check email.

  • June 29, 2021

    Apps to tame digital addiction

    Apps to tame digital addiction

    The solution to minimizing my digital addiction has been using external control, namely apps and such, to spend less time online. Fight fire with fire.

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