let's try that again, shall we?
Mar. 12th, 2023 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaisson Okay, I really need to detox from the Birdsite, and I just fell right back into the doomscrolling, didn't I? *sigh* Let's try that again. Go cold turkey if I have to. I mean, let's think about it here: most everyone I come into basic contact with is either here, on FB or on Discord, yeah? Maybe a few friends here and there on Twitter, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I need to passively pop it open every damn time I go on break at work. I've just temporarily removed the shortcut from my phone (I didn't actually uninstall it), so maybe that'll remind me that I need to stop looking at it.
It's not as if I'm using it to disconnect from the Day Job, I've merely fallen into and stayed in the habit of reading it every time I go on my breaks.
So what should I use for a distraction, then...?
Good question. Can't really bring a book because I don't really have the room for it in my lunch bag, unless I bring my Nook. Which means I'd need to decide on an ebook to read at some point, yeah? I already have a small notebook in said back that I'm supposed to be using for writing-during-break reasons.
Or I could, y'know, always go outside if the weather's nice. Or even then, I could hang out near the steps to the roof parking lot if the weather's not so nice. A few of my coworkers go up to the roof for their breaks. A few others who smoke head to the receiving dock to light up (this includes both of my managers, heh). A few of them who drive head out to their car and chill. Either way, I want and need to utilize those ten-minute breaks AWAY FROM THE INTERNETS. (Unless said internets are being used to read an ebook or access my Dropbox folders for writing stuff.)
One of these things should work. I just need to, y'know....DO it.
It's not as if I'm using it to disconnect from the Day Job, I've merely fallen into and stayed in the habit of reading it every time I go on my breaks.
So what should I use for a distraction, then...?
Good question. Can't really bring a book because I don't really have the room for it in my lunch bag, unless I bring my Nook. Which means I'd need to decide on an ebook to read at some point, yeah? I already have a small notebook in said back that I'm supposed to be using for writing-during-break reasons.
Or I could, y'know, always go outside if the weather's nice. Or even then, I could hang out near the steps to the roof parking lot if the weather's not so nice. A few of my coworkers go up to the roof for their breaks. A few others who smoke head to the receiving dock to light up (this includes both of my managers, heh). A few of them who drive head out to their car and chill. Either way, I want and need to utilize those ten-minute breaks AWAY FROM THE INTERNETS. (Unless said internets are being used to read an ebook or access my Dropbox folders for writing stuff.)
One of these things should work. I just need to, y'know....DO it.
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Date: 2023-03-13 02:35 pm (UTC)I highly recommend deleting the apps from your phone entirely. You can look at the Bird site when you're at home on your computer, and if you think that's a waste of home time, then why waste it on a work break?
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Date: 2023-03-13 04:07 pm (UTC)