Thanks to an amazing conversation with my friend Jessamyn, I've finally come to my senses about the megavampiric nature of the entity known in this dimension as Facebook.
If you're here on Steemit, I don't think you need any preaching to about what's terribad about FB and why new forms of social media are important. You might remember what your own migration process was like. For me, Facebook used to steal a big chunk of my energy on a daily basis just through my repetitive "checking" of my notifications. I am curious to see if I develop the same type of easily distracted no-tick-ifications (is that a bad play on words?) by using steemit. I'm done with it, and plan to schedule my visits to that dark place on a once a week (or less) basis. And all future content I generate will originate here.
The mindfulness part of this post is simple. Every time that I think of checking facebook, feel that familiar instagram itch, or something like it, I will return to this post and note what I am feeling in the comments. If I feel the need to post something more substantial, I'll link to it in the comments with my mind-check update. I kind of expect to be bouncing back here all day, but maybe I will stay strong and actually stay on task (I'm at work right now).