Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha...
by k__ on Thursday February 08, 2024 @10:10AM
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"..how people close to me feel about it"
People I care are usually one of the reasons, I forget about excessively using media. So, they don't suffer from it.
"..how often it squeezes out other worthwhile and important uses of my time"
Theoretically? More often than not!
Practically, as I have ADHD it's not easy to define worthwhile consistently.
"..that I keep justifications at the ready and think about others who do the same"
Usually, I don't think explicitly about it. I don't justify it, I just do it for a while (more or less excessively) and when I deem other task more worthwhile (for whatever reason), I forget about them completely.
People I care are usually one of the reasons, I forget about excessively using media. So, they don't suffer from it.
"..how often it squeezes out other worthwhile and important uses of my time"
Theoretically? More often than not!
Practically, as I have ADHD it's not easy to define worthwhile consistently.
"..that I keep justifications at the ready and think about others who do the same"
Usually, I don't think explicitly about it. I don't justify it, I just do it for a while (more or less excessively) and when I deem other task more worthwhile (for whatever reason), I forget about them completely.