Of late I have been running a few ideas through my head, a few concepts that I think will benefit me greatly, A few years prior to my tumour I stopped using Facebook, still had my Insta account but I had left Facebook and deleted the account, I was not happy with the content being thrust upon me and how much time I sat in a zombie state consuming the garbage, It is not good for the brain or the soul, it was only post tumour that I picked it back up again so I could access the tumour support communities that I rejoined, it was a good decision at the time, however........much of my feed is already being overwhelmed by crap click bait content designed to marginalise and induce a rage state, mostly anti cycling threads and posts from all over the country or posts about the reform party and immigration, now I am a smart old bear, I see this for exactly what it is, and I reduced my time on the platform, I maybe spend 2-3 mins a day on there tops, Instagram is another kettle of fish, being keen on photography I can spend time on there, most of the accounts I follow are friends, cycling and bike packing, model making and RC cars with a few like minded political parties accounts, I still like to be informed on what is going on, I like to keep up todate on product releases, oh and sending and receiving funny meme's and cat video's, but it is not long until the feed becomes clouded, you are not seeing the content you want to and you are being force fed that same drivel that face book pumps out, it's the same company so why not, I then started to analyse the time I spend on there, it was crazy, some how I was spending two hours a day on Instagram, most of that was probably scrolling past soft core porn accounts trying to send you to their OF site or stuff I had no interest in, I need to change.
I am aware my summers are getting shorter, well the number of them possibly, with a potential time bomb sat in my head I certainly don't want to spend them staring at a tiny screen, that two hours of scrolling in the day could be music, reading, cycling, time with other people, I worry that in what has been called the age of information we as a species are probably the least informed than any generation before us and that is scary. So my plan, I have suspended both Facebook and Instagram, and deleted the apps from my phone, messenger included, I am going to enjoy two whole months of peace, then in July I will log back in on my desktop computer and access the platforms there, why? because I generally don't use my desktop much, if I do it is for a purpose and I won't end up scrolling through endlessly, once a day or every other day for 30 mins tops, I want to see how this affects my mood and thought processes, I know it will lift my mentally and physically, what am I going to do with that 90 mins of time I just got back, well I am going to read, listen to music, call friends, go cycling, take a brew kit on my rides and make tea while I drive my little radio controlled truck over rocks and take photo's of what I see both film and digitally, fresh air and being outdoors are my primary push here, I want a better life.
Another think I want to try this month is cycling to the station and getting the train instead of the bus, I have reservations, mostly due to having to climb into the train and the gap between the platform and the train is stupidly massive, made harder when you are not as strong as you used to be, but that can change. I finally managed to get the genesis rebuilt, and it feels great, I want to change the chains to shorter crank arms, 165mm, this will give my more clearance for when I fit fenders and fit a basket on a front rack for holding brew kit and RC cars, so far I have enjoyed using the bike around town, I feel better for those short rides and I want to maintain the momentum.
Going to say by for now, there will be more posts from here on in, I find journalling here quite therapeutic.
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