Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2022 4:09:48 GMT 1
The past couple of weeks I've decided I'm very unhappy with the amount of my life I feel like I'm wasting away staring at screens. Honestly, I would happily go back to the days before the Internet if it were possible; before people stopped talking to each other and interacting in person and became addicted to technology. Before people learned to care about and carefully craft their online personas as much or more than their non-digital selves. I know many or most don't see the rise of the machines this way, but I'm really dissatisfied with it and can't pass my life doing something I'm so opposed to.
I'm determined to stop living in a way where I'm frequently doing something I don't want to be doing (staring at a screen) in lieu of doing many other things I'd feel better about doing. Much like when I quit smoking many years ago, I'm pretty much trying to go cold turkey. I feel that if I give myself much wiggle room, I won't be able to make a real change. All this to say I am trying to stay off of my two forms of social media, this and Twitter, as well as aimless web surfing.
I wanted to let people here know, as this has been the happiest place for me online for several years, and it really is a special community. There is no dramatic story behind me (hopefully) becoming scarce, just a desire to live in a way that makes me feel good, not sad. I really admire steve for maintaining such a unique and wonderful corner of the series of tubes. I'm not sure anyone else could make this work the way he has.
A deal has been cut where I think I can allow myself to check DMs a few times in the next few weeks, but I'm going to try to limit it to that. So, hit me up if you like and we haven't already exchanged email addresses, although I hope I can stay away long enough to *not* reply immediately.
Gotta rip it off like a bandaid. I wish everyone a stellar 2023 and I'm sure just like those garden gophers, I'll pop up every once in a while. Or, maybe I'll even be weak and FAIL at my goal, in which case I'll just ask Mr. K to take out my brain and put it in a jar.
I just realized something: If TC announce a NA tour, I have no hopes of staying away from here.
I'm determined to stop living in a way where I'm frequently doing something I don't want to be doing (staring at a screen) in lieu of doing many other things I'd feel better about doing. Much like when I quit smoking many years ago, I'm pretty much trying to go cold turkey. I feel that if I give myself much wiggle room, I won't be able to make a real change. All this to say I am trying to stay off of my two forms of social media, this and Twitter, as well as aimless web surfing.
I wanted to let people here know, as this has been the happiest place for me online for several years, and it really is a special community. There is no dramatic story behind me (hopefully) becoming scarce, just a desire to live in a way that makes me feel good, not sad. I really admire steve for maintaining such a unique and wonderful corner of the series of tubes. I'm not sure anyone else could make this work the way he has.
A deal has been cut where I think I can allow myself to check DMs a few times in the next few weeks, but I'm going to try to limit it to that. So, hit me up if you like and we haven't already exchanged email addresses, although I hope I can stay away long enough to *not* reply immediately.
Gotta rip it off like a bandaid. I wish everyone a stellar 2023 and I'm sure just like those garden gophers, I'll pop up every once in a while. Or, maybe I'll even be weak and FAIL at my goal, in which case I'll just ask Mr. K to take out my brain and put it in a jar.
I just realized something: If TC announce a NA tour, I have no hopes of staying away from here.
(Ever feel someone's eyes on you?) It's really hard not to. But I certainly haven't totally failed. I no longer readily ascribe to the illusion that anything I have to say online is truly interesting or important on any level, which, to me, is a small form of success!
