the tyranny of Now

[gurghi]

I've 'quit' effbook-- which amounts to deleting the app from my phone, and from my faves on the laptop and preload tabs at work. Now I only navigate to it directly, which amounts to a handful of times a week

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[jennbean]

I feel so much of what you've articulated here. I've tried non-quit ways to make the experience better to some effect, but am still asking regularly if being on social media is better than not. I also struggle with whether keeping my thoughts on the world to myself is helpful, or if I'm then just being complicit in things (kind of reminds me of my post on managing my relationship with my racist in-laws recently). Don't know the answer, just commiserating.

Living in Kentucky and having family and close friends in WA, do you find social media adds value and more positive interaction with the people in your life who are far away? I think that's my biggest hang-up on dropping it completely. Double-edged sword and all that.

[gurghi]

Yeah, like you I'm not convinced I'm right on any of this, just that it's right for me to step back