Untethering

I decided to stay off social media while I had COVID, and it was fucking fantastic. It’s definitely not feasible for me to be off all together, as I really cherish some of the connections I have through there. But, it’s definitely detrimental to my well-being to have it on my phone. I’ll be working and open it with the intention of just checking a notification and I end up spending 20 minutes scrolling through ads (fuckin algorithms know what kinda shit I wanna buy). I think that if I had to actually use a separate device, like a computer or tablet, that I would only log on when I have the time for it, and not when I’m trying to be productive doing something else. So tomorrow I’m going to go get an iPad! I’m so grateful to be in a place financially where I can afford to go and do that for myself. 

But yeah, I want to foster more meaningful connections, and I know that I don’t use IG in a way that feels fulfilling to me. I don’t know why I’m so hesitant to post there, but I am. I mean, I am pretty good about posting stories, but I feel like that temporary connection isn’t what I’m looking for. With that in mind, I’m going to try to commit to doing this blog to share more of me. I am so opinionated, in what I think are really great ways, but I hold it back on social media because it just feels too out in the open and welcoming of nasty quick responses. With the blog, I feel like a viewer has to genuinely be interested in me to read through it all, let alone comment. So here we go!

I’ve definitely been feeling a great shift within myself (more on that another time very soon), so I figured I should try working on other means of connecting and communicating. I have a tendency not to stick with things (recently learning that I’m def ADHD, more on that to come too), so we’ll see how this experiment goes, but I have high hopes!