to not rely on technology so much

[RNotteLovesOwls]

when you’re not scrolling through social media all the freaking time, it helps you learn to slow down and appreciate the outside more and more. you start to realize that not everyone is as chronically-online as you would assume from a 2-hour reddit binge

but it’s not enough. that phone is still in your pocket and your credit card in your wallet... you still have to carry some tech, because you’re reliant on it, right?

this year, i’ve been looking at ways to not rely on technology so much. and by “technology” i’m mostly referring to the computer and the phone. i’ve been getting into things that don’t require much tech. reading more books, playing more tabletop games, drawing and writing with a physical pencil and paper, paying in cash, using real cameras instead of phone cameras. why, i’ve even considered getting oil lamps so i have a light source that doesn’t require electricity (i haven’t gotten one yet, for the record). and finally, i’ve been highly considering closing my credit card and switching to debit and cash-only

i don’t know. i just think spending my whole life, from work to play, in front of a screen, is bad for me. bad for everyone, really. what about you? do you also think we shouldn’t rely on technology so much?

[dreddurius]

I don’t really have much of a choice, since most of my clients used to reach out to me through those channels.

But I’ve actually been unemployed for about six months now, so I barely go online except to check emails and job boards. I don’t really use the internet for much else anymore (aside from this site, which I only just discovered yesterday).

Outside of that, I’ve been trying to stay productive offline where I can. I’ve picked up studying and upskilling locally, so most of that happens offline anyway. I also dusted off my old Kindle and finally worked through a backlog of books I’d been putting off for a while.

On the creative side, I was also able to finally finish some music tracks I’d left hanging.

[Bairuzg]

In my country it's kind of hard to live without tech. I stopped using social media because I wanted to gain my focus, and it kinda worked. Now I feel happier, and as a consequence of stopping using social media, I also ended up using my laptop less. Now I watch TV and read books, but at the same time I really like to surf on the internet and get lost in Wikipedia subjects or things like that because of the situation in my country, I can't easily go outside.