I've recently changed jobs.
For the first time in 15 years. Although in that time I have had more than one job in the same company, holding about 6 different titles.
Some of you know who I worked for and some who I will now work for.
That's not the important bit.
The important bit is this:
In my previous job I was required to be on my phone to all intents and purposes 24 hours a day. Certainly from 7am until 11pm every day of the week, every week of the year.
Always and forever plugged in. Online in some capacity or other.
So the new job. Not the same and not needed. So I've taken the decision to unplug myself almost fully. Deleted Facebook, deleted Instagram, deleted my email account. Pulled out all the wires. I deleted myself from 24 what's app groups (work related)
For the first time in a decade my phone is silent. I have no motive or reason to pick it up. And it feels good.
Whilst I understand the irony of posting this here, you all know how little I have been around here of late, I feel this will be my last digital corner of the planet to slink to once in a while. But if I go back to my old levels I will need to finally delete this too.
I'm not some weird hippy whacko who thinks the internet is terrible or anything like that. But what I do know is that it's destroyed my free time.
In the last few days I've read more books than in the past few years.
I've been engaged in conversations with friends and loved ones. Real conversations.
I've cooked and cleaned and organised and cleared out. Taken shitloads to the dump, booked glaziers and plasterers and sorted out cupboards. I've spent time engaging with the humans I live with.
This is the only Internet site I have visited (yup really) I feel, cleaner and clearer and more free.
What do you think of all this?
How much are you in the matrix?
I'm 3 days clean. All social media. All forms of online Interaction (bar this one, the one I first started interacting with 18 years ago)
It feels so good.
For the first time in 15 years. Although in that time I have had more than one job in the same company, holding about 6 different titles.
Some of you know who I worked for and some who I will now work for.
That's not the important bit.
The important bit is this:
In my previous job I was required to be on my phone to all intents and purposes 24 hours a day. Certainly from 7am until 11pm every day of the week, every week of the year.
Always and forever plugged in. Online in some capacity or other.
So the new job. Not the same and not needed. So I've taken the decision to unplug myself almost fully. Deleted Facebook, deleted Instagram, deleted my email account. Pulled out all the wires. I deleted myself from 24 what's app groups (work related)
For the first time in a decade my phone is silent. I have no motive or reason to pick it up. And it feels good.
Whilst I understand the irony of posting this here, you all know how little I have been around here of late, I feel this will be my last digital corner of the planet to slink to once in a while. But if I go back to my old levels I will need to finally delete this too.
I'm not some weird hippy whacko who thinks the internet is terrible or anything like that. But what I do know is that it's destroyed my free time.
In the last few days I've read more books than in the past few years.
I've been engaged in conversations with friends and loved ones. Real conversations.
I've cooked and cleaned and organised and cleared out. Taken shitloads to the dump, booked glaziers and plasterers and sorted out cupboards. I've spent time engaging with the humans I live with.
This is the only Internet site I have visited (yup really) I feel, cleaner and clearer and more free.
What do you think of all this?
How much are you in the matrix?
I'm 3 days clean. All social media. All forms of online Interaction (bar this one, the one I first started interacting with 18 years ago)
It feels so good.
