Digital detox
So 3 days ago, which feels like an eternity in hindsight (what?! it's only been 3 days??) I started a digital detox in lieu of spending another weekend drinking off my weekly allowance with my buddies, and begin a soul searching journey that would hopefully provide me with answers.
Answers to questions such as what do I want to do with my life? and where do I want to go from here? what do I want in life?
Anyways getting a bit side tracked here. What I really wanted to talk about in this short blog, before I go jogging, is the effects I have been feeling as a result, or more of a bi-product of actions I've taken in order to find some clarity of the mind.
I locked my phone away in a chest, and after mere 2 days I've been feeling the positive effects of healing back from a entanglement of addictions, (not to mention I also stayed away from alcohol and smoking) and it is hard to describe but I guess I have been feeling the benefits of distancing myself from dopamine hits from instagram, tinder, and other such applications. Or perhaps freeing myself from the burden of social responsibilities and what not.
In a way, for someone like me, having a device such as a phone is a lose-lose situation, because if I were to have no friends, thus no one reaching out to me, I'd be feeling shitty for feeling like a loser. But, even if I were to have many friends who are reaching out to me asking how I am and blah blah, I would be annoyed replying to everyone of them and in a way waste my energy.
So long story short, I definitely feel like I am in some ways that are hard to describe in words, been restoring some clarity in the mind. I am less eager to please my followers with my instagram stories, less worried about what they will think about me, and definitely a lot more present in the now and of my being. I just feel more free and mentally healthy.
And it's only been 3 days, so I assume it can only get better from here on out.
Alright I am going to go jogging. Cheers!
Answers to questions such as what do I want to do with my life? and where do I want to go from here? what do I want in life?
Anyways getting a bit side tracked here. What I really wanted to talk about in this short blog, before I go jogging, is the effects I have been feeling as a result, or more of a bi-product of actions I've taken in order to find some clarity of the mind.
I locked my phone away in a chest, and after mere 2 days I've been feeling the positive effects of healing back from a entanglement of addictions, (not to mention I also stayed away from alcohol and smoking) and it is hard to describe but I guess I have been feeling the benefits of distancing myself from dopamine hits from instagram, tinder, and other such applications. Or perhaps freeing myself from the burden of social responsibilities and what not.
In a way, for someone like me, having a device such as a phone is a lose-lose situation, because if I were to have no friends, thus no one reaching out to me, I'd be feeling shitty for feeling like a loser. But, even if I were to have many friends who are reaching out to me asking how I am and blah blah, I would be annoyed replying to everyone of them and in a way waste my energy.
So long story short, I definitely feel like I am in some ways that are hard to describe in words, been restoring some clarity in the mind. I am less eager to please my followers with my instagram stories, less worried about what they will think about me, and definitely a lot more present in the now and of my being. I just feel more free and mentally healthy.
And it's only been 3 days, so I assume it can only get better from here on out.
Alright I am going to go jogging. Cheers!
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