In all seriousness, congrats on the social media absence. If the move is successful, I hope you uncover new dimensions of self, and new powers of observation and present-ness. If you do decide to rejoin the illusory dreamscape that is digital life, I hope you don't feel that you've failed, and that you find the time away has helped you cope with notification burnout. Interrupting mindless scrolling and instantaneous notification-checking with a note-to-self that you're not Pavlov's bloody dog is a strategy I employ, with varying degrees of success. Something about that image of a salivating dog, enslaved by social conditioning, helps me break the metaversal flow-state.
I loved reading this on my phone.
In all seriousness, congrats on the social media absence. If the move is successful, I hope you uncover new dimensions of self, and new powers of observation and present-ness. If you do decide to rejoin the illusory dreamscape that is digital life, I hope you don't feel that you've failed, and that you find the time away has helped you cope with notification burnout. Interrupting mindless scrolling and instantaneous notification-checking with a note-to-self that you're not Pavlov's bloody dog is a strategy I employ, with varying degrees of success. Something about that image of a salivating dog, enslaved by social conditioning, helps me break the metaversal flow-state.