I’m not much for videos and audio; the TikTok usage by others is such noice pollution, I’m hesitant to expose others to my personal noise. And I’m rarely able to be perpetually under headphones. I suppose I was born a reader, and I remain happiest to read such things privately.
Trump in 2016 sent me pretty quickly into a media blackout, and I began then to look for “levers to pull” on other unpleasant situations I could do nothing about; it was mostly everything. And I realized I was much less aggrieved when I abandoned topics for which I had no lever to pull.
So now that drives most of my actions in life, from when I pick up the phone to what I push against. I got involved locally and left the next-echelon of awareness to others. I had one life to live, and I wasn’t going to live long in constant agony over things I could not change.
So I forgot about the phone until I need it for something. A note to jot, a list to look up. Then I check other things but if time runs longer, I set a timer and set it down when the timer goes off.
Everything has an app--before long there will be an app to help one blow their nose. I do not subscribe to many apps, a very limited few because I do not find them necessary and nothing is for free. Likely the apps are another tracking application to monitor's one's buying habits. If I want to find something, it is usually through the laptop. Technology has reached the point of saturation. Only yesterday someone told me that a number of younger people are deciding to choose simplicity and opt for flip phones. Simplicity will help the dopamine center reset and many of us would be healthier for that.
I’m not much for videos and audio; the TikTok usage by others is such noice pollution, I’m hesitant to expose others to my personal noise. And I’m rarely able to be perpetually under headphones. I suppose I was born a reader, and I remain happiest to read such things privately.
Trump in 2016 sent me pretty quickly into a media blackout, and I began then to look for “levers to pull” on other unpleasant situations I could do nothing about; it was mostly everything. And I realized I was much less aggrieved when I abandoned topics for which I had no lever to pull.
So now that drives most of my actions in life, from when I pick up the phone to what I push against. I got involved locally and left the next-echelon of awareness to others. I had one life to live, and I wasn’t going to live long in constant agony over things I could not change.
So I forgot about the phone until I need it for something. A note to jot, a list to look up. Then I check other things but if time runs longer, I set a timer and set it down when the timer goes off.
I love the peace and freedom that comes with no Meta apps and only Google Translate from Google on my phone. Good luck and keep going
Everything has an app--before long there will be an app to help one blow their nose. I do not subscribe to many apps, a very limited few because I do not find them necessary and nothing is for free. Likely the apps are another tracking application to monitor's one's buying habits. If I want to find something, it is usually through the laptop. Technology has reached the point of saturation. Only yesterday someone told me that a number of younger people are deciding to choose simplicity and opt for flip phones. Simplicity will help the dopamine center reset and many of us would be healthier for that.