14th October 2024
Device and app usage patterns have been on my mind a lot lately. I’ve been specifically looking at my own habits and compulsions to hit the social media apps and I haven’t been liking what I’m seeing. These companies are very good at getting us addicted and I’m certainly no exception. One of the reasons I joined tilde.club was to help break this cycle. My goal is to reach for the terminal every time I feel the urge to doom scroll.
I’ve also removed most of the social media apps from my phone. Going cold turkey was a recipe for disaster so I’ve logged into everything inside of Brave (my Android browser of choice). This has the positive side effect of throwing up another small barrier for me to double check myself on what I’m spending my time on. So far it’s working.