It is time to unplug....
The first thing I do these days is search for my phone and instantly click on the blue colored bird. I wanted to know the continuation of a thread I followed before I fell asleep. How did it go? So I woke up instinctively reaching my phone to find out the answer. This creates a habit loop inside my brain and lately, I am getting concerned.
I personally have many things to attend. Yet since I was borderline addicted to twitter, I brushed it off. It even starts affecting my sleep pattern.
Truth be told, twitter is the only mainstream social media I have left. I keep twitter because that is how I stay informed about CT, VC, and general Tech community. On top of that, twitter offers something my brain craves, novelty.
I am a news and information junkie and twitter provides it. This blue bird is easy to access, engaging, informative,and emotional stirring too. It is fun until it's not.
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When I started instinctively repeating the same habit, I feel as though I was hooked in a casino and can not leave.
Today, when I introduced the idea digital detox, my brain started to panic. "What are you going to do?", "How are you going to stay informed about the world?", "You don't even have resources to travel now," "How will you spend your day?"........
And that supported with the fact that I have no idea what I should do. What kind of activities that I can do offline? I sure have plenty books, so reading will be there. Perhaps, I can start sewing again? drawing and painting will surely take my time. Even cleaning my tiny room will take approximately 10 hours. So, that seems another activity to do. But if you have any suggestion, please let me know...
My idea is that I will try to spend 48 hours offline as much as possible. This is also done to reset my body clock. So, see you after 48 hours. Mac