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being more aware of how i want to use the internet

i’m not at the point of fully deleting instagram yet, but this app has helped me remember what was fun in the first place. also realizing that sometimes i just need to directly text or call a friend, read my book, watch a movie. not just complaining online, which is also ok, but i love to have FUN <3

@bigstrongguy

Feb 6, 2025

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GAINING CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

Made the conscious effort to touch social media WAY less and to think before I buy more. I’m tired of getting the dopamine rush when I could just feel neutral or maybe even - gasp - bored! Ive felt more at ease, more present, and I’ve had more time for my old and new hobbies!!

@jxnator

May 12, 2025

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Hi!

I’m going through the same thought process right now. My twitter/x has been long gone, I’ve gotten rid of meta, and frankly if tik tok comes back purchased/changed/etc. I will no longer be using it either. So for me I’ve done a few things: I’ve made new social media on healthier apps (which sounds counterintuitive to less social media but hear me out). I made a Pixelfed and it’s like the old old instagram. No ads, no distractions taking you to new links, no memes unless someone happens to post one on their personal account. It’s literally just people organically posting pictures of things they like from their breakfast to the view of their nature walk. Because it’s so simple again, I don’t really think there’s room for doomscrolling. This is me if you want to see what I mean! Next: I use Bluesky partially to see some goings-on in the world to keep up to date, I went to the library of congress website and specifically subscribed to their email newsletters on bills being introduced and news in congress to stay up to date, and I’m vetting some news sources looking for something more objective and reliable to start reading from. Also: a while back I got some digital cameras like I had when I was a kid for nostalgia reasons but now they’re coming in handy. I’m transitioning to using a flip phone! You don’t have to go this extreme but honestly I’m excited for it. I’ll have a flip phone so not everything will be so convenient and at the touch of my fingers, so I hope that my internet usage will become much more intentional. I’ll be leaving only a few apps on my smart phone, music, reading, this app and pixelfed for periodic social interaction lol, and that’s all I can think of right now. I’ll essentially be taking the SIM card out and using my smart phone as a wifi connected ipod lol. My goal is to get back into my hobbies! Reading, sewing clothing, knitting, painting, being outdoors, gardening. I’ll communicate more intentionally with family and friends and not just through sending memes. I won’t doomscroll for hours and then feel bad that I wasted the day away. A lot of the sinister stuff going on between social media monopolies and the government recently is making the transition even easier. It’ll be hard at first because you’ll be so used to reaching for something to do for some instant gratification or stimulation, etc. but it’ll be so overall rewarding in the long run! Good luck❤️

@saylor

Jan 19, 2025

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LISTS

I <3 keeping track of the things that I love!!! (I have a horrible memory I can’t remember shit). In/Out lists. To/Do lists. Pro/Con lists. Books to read. Movies to watch. Bucket lists. Dreams. anyway shoutout lists 4 acting as my artificial hippocampus fr 🙏🙏

@spilldaktea

Apr 9, 2025

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PULLING ALL NIGHTERS DOING HW AT UR FRIENDS PLACE AND DOING THE WALK OF SHAME HOME AT 8AM TO SLEEP FOR THE REST OF THE DAY

oh to hear the birds chirping at the crack of dawn and seeing the sky get light again while u make the 76th slide for ur google presentation… these r the moments we live 4 😆 (coping) (I graduate next month & will miss it tho)

@spilldaktea

Apr 10, 2025

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BEING EXCITED TO AGE!

I’ve been scared of growing older & change for my entire life (i fear I have been dreading this since elementary school) and ever since I entered university I’ve lived in fear of having to become a real person in the unknown and scary world that comes after that outside the confines of a structured academic environment … (i blame growing up in a very academic-stressed environment where your entire life purpose was to get into a good university so like after that’s done what’s left?) it always felt like after university, life just ended which is an INSANE take because most people are literally 21-22 when they graduate. YOUR LIFE IS JUST BEGINNING!! you’re barely even a real person yet! you literally barely turned the right age to walk into a bar in the USA!! somehow, after 4 years of dreading this day, i think i finally got it out of my system and now that I graduate in less than a week, i have realized that it’s truly not that deep and there’s so much out there to learn and so many people to meet and so many ways i will change and grow. you are the one who defines how your life will go, and while thats a bit intimidating- it’s also comforting because you can quite literally choose your own adventure and so the things that make you happy and live according to your rules- you don’t have to follow someone else’s manual or some structured system! every stage of life has its own unique aspects and benefits, and I truly feel so privileged for having the opportunity to be alive and go through them all and learn- anyway reminder to anyone who also struggles with the fear of the unknown/change/growing up. I’m so excited for the next stage in my life yipppeeee!

@spilldaktea

May 12, 2025