08 December 2024
I know it hasn't been a week yet, but I wanted to check in to say how awfully isolating it feels not consuming any big-web social media, these last few days.
At first, it was difficult. I would pick up my phone, whenever I had a moment or got bored, and I forced myself to put it back down. There wasn't anything to do on there, anyway --unless I wanted to go on the browser... but I persevered and kept off of it.
My thoughts wandered a lot. I started talking to myself --not a good sign. I'm going out my way to chat with some coworkers. I, also, took a deep dive into Gemini-space --more than I've ever done before. I'm reading capsules, and sending out emails to those I find interesting. I'm commenting on posts from other Geminauts. I'm writing more now --though, nothing constructive. The writing I'm doing is more akin to journaling.
It seems like the effect of distancing myself from the big-web socials, provided by my phone, has left a void inside of me. Apparently, I'm desperately trying to fill that space with the content I'm finding on the smolweb. I don't know if this is a good thing, either. I was hoping to be a little more productive, but I'm not engaging any more in my personal studies than before.
Well, the experiment continues.
~j
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