15/10/24
welp. i slid back into lots of silly passive tv time, including watching whole-show reactions. it started really well! the first few days i tracked my passive internet time it hovered solidly around 2h per day. but then things got busy, i had lots to do and i stopped tracking. and worse - i allowed myself to put stuff on in the background for activities at home, as i could see the internet wasn't actually keeping me from doing things that needed to be done. but now there are fewer things to do, or they're less urgent, or i just need to rest from the frenzy of the last week or two. and, well... youtube is the default again.
it's not like i didn't do anything else the last few days. i'm still very creative and mildly on top of regular responsibilities. and i don't mind putting things on in the background, but i'd prefer them to be informative, educational, motivating materials. whether videos or podcasts, it doesn't matter. watching whatever the algorithm provides has other negative side effects than just being more passive. it's a constant advertisement for a consumerist lifestyle. even if they're not actively selling/promoting a product, the "content creators" often expose me to and normalize a lifestyle that i don't want to participate in. it's terribly distracting.
i'll go back to tracking this and hopefully remember for longer this time.
