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i was on holiday and barely checked my phone for three weeks. highly recommend. good for the soul. a reminder that social media is not real life and 90% of it is marketing anyway. your friends will be fine if you don’t watch their stories every single day. go outside. touch grass. smell the flowers. go for a swim.
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I’ve already read 48 books in 2025 while being on my flip phone, social media detox life. Yes, some of them were just trashy romance, but still. It’s been so nice to get back into reading for enjoyment again. It’s nice to be out and about and not have that constant urge to reach for a phone and check notifications.
I don’t even have most social media apps downloaded on this anymore, I love this app though, and the urge to click on an app and doom-scroll is nonexistent. This brick of technology has really turned into my iPod and Kindle, and the occasional pop back on here.
8h ago
just went to a Buddhist retreat in the countryside.
have been back online for 12 hours now.
music sounds better
food tastes better
the world is brighter
senses are heightened
yes mediating for several hours a day for sure helped, but i suspect simply not doom scrolling for hours on end has done wonders
turn off your devices!
Aug 10, 2024
I tried a digital detox this week for 10 days ( also no wifi ) it was weird at first I felt so bored anyways I found myself reading books ( I read the pivot year and another French book ) , enjoying my Selfcare routines , journaling , read saved articles it was fun and also I started using my notes app more and Omg I couldn’t stop making lists for anything and everything that comes to my mind it’s like a brain dump I loved it today I used less socials I watched a movie , had a one hour study sesh , yummy homemade crepes in the afternoon , journaled a bit it was fun and I barely had the urge to open tiktok ( I’m a tiktok addict ) but short form content isnt fun anymore I mean tiktok is cool but I’m more obsessed with long form content recently so yeah will def try more digital detox days
Here’s a list of perfumes / perfumes notes recs ( I love browsing on fragrantica for hours )
Dec 23, 2024
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i don't think anyone ever intends to become a recreational ornithologist. but i've noticed that it definitely creeps up on you slowly in your mid-twenties. it starts with noticing how funny pigeons are, then learning pigeon lore, and suddenly you're feeding your neighbourhood birds every morning and buying books on birds. as a child i idolised the pigeon lady in home alone 2, and i woke up this morning and realised — i AM the pigeon lady 🐦
Mar 6, 2025
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reading is a habit of building and developing your empathy and critical thinking skills. you’re forced to sit with an idea for however long you are reading it and forced to contextualise it and comprehend it within your own life and perspective. You can’t just scroll away or pause or put it on 2x speed. you have to sit with it. it’s super underrated, but genuinely I’ve made this a habit for the last year and feel like a totally different person. also you come out of it having learned something new or seeing the world in a slightly new way. I literally do not see any downsides to reading. make reading cool again! also you don’t have to do it in one big block, you can space it out — 15 mins here, 45 there — whatever works for you!
Dec 9, 2024
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our cultural obsession with being perceived as cool is a disease. its peak capitalistic/consumerist propaganda. fuck being cool. like what you like and who cares if it's cool or not. it's tiresome and we need to leave it in 2024. literally nothing gives me the ick more than people who betray themselves in an attempt to be perceived as cool by the masses. be yourself — even if it means you're 'uncool'.
Jan 3, 2025