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makes me feel like i'm sitting legs crossed at the kitchen table in the morning with a crinkly newspaper in hand, reading the latest calvin and hobbes as i casually sip my coffee, right before i go to the job that i got by looking someone straight in the eye and (firmly) shaking their hand
Jan 2, 2025
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🗞For me, it makes looking at things on my phone seem a little bit unreal... a bit artificial, like an old newspaper... and then it feels like judy garland stepping into oz for the first time when I look up and am hit with the absolute juicy vibrancy of the world around me. Colors are so special when they're static.
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📱immediately makes the world around you so much more interesting and vibrant than your phone, 10/10 decision
May 27, 2025
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🎲Started out as a trick to get me off my phone and now I just prefer it! Everything feels calmer and less pressing
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i like to think about taking up space in terms of circles. on a day to day basis, the size of the circle for your basic needs (drinking water, eating food, etc) doesn't really change at all. like, there's no way to minimize those needs without messing up your health (speaking as a formerly dehydrated and constantly hungry person). the circles for the other parts of your life do change- hobbies, work, etc- but also tend to change relatively slowly. when i felt bad about taking up space in the past, i moved my circles away from people-i would journal alone, eat in my car, etc. i was still taking up the same amount of space, but just doing so away from other people. what helped me feel a bit better was gently nudging my circles towards other people again- instead of eating in my car, i would eat lunch on the grass in the park (impromptu picnic), or journal in a cafe. i was still doing the activities alone, but in the same public spaces as other people. it's helpful because there's no pressure from either side to interact, but a lot of wonderful spontaneous interactions do happen that are invited from both sides. it made me feel better about taking up space because i felt like i was part of a broader social fabric, but didn't feel self-conscious about whether i belonged or not. so just keep nudging your circle of needs and hobbies closer to other people's until you overlap :)
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🍴mine is hyper-specific so i thought i'd comment it instead. i really dislike how you can feel things being produced at a lower quality over time. i inherited a nice silverware set from my grandmother, and it's mixed up now with all of my new forks that are made from stainless steel. even though the steel forks look nicer, i feel a bit sad whenever i pick one of them up to eat with. there's no heft or weight to it, it just feels cheap. but they look similar enough to the silver ones that you often can't tell until you pick them up. it's like false advertising. the worst is the silver-colored disposable plastic forks you can get in the store. like you try to scoop up some peas and they fly off your fork because the physics is all off