not to sound like your dad but if your not having a great time rn you might legitimately be playing too many video games or being on that damn phone too often, or at least without any necessary activity buffers
may i suggest coloring with physical materials? or some chores you’ve been putting off? hell go outside with a bucket and make mud soup like you’re five again. take a break. you can bring your whatever for music and stuff but like don’t play with it
lots of huffy teenagers in the notes
i mean this, after spending so long getting my entertainment online, theres something incredibly tranquil about shutting it all out for a while to do something in meatspace for myself
That last one especially is so so so right, recently after work I’ve been almost forcing myself to play my favorite video games bc „you’re in your very limited free time right now, you *gotta* have fun”, until I realized that’s not how it works. So now instead, after coming home from work or finishing all my chores I just. pause. for a good 15-20 minutes. Just doing absolutely nothing, no electronics, no distractions. And just think about what I’ve accomplished and what I want to do with the rest of the day, what I would enjoy. And with that buffer I’ve been able to get more excited and actually have fun doing stuff later instead of forcing myself to do it. You really do gotta check in with yourself
it’s healthy and strong skill to quit [a thing] when it’s no longer making you happy
As someone that just got told that she needs to go to bed earlier cause my tiredness, exhaustion, headaches and depression ALL stem from lack of sleep, I can tell you that I need to have a digital detox to cut out the blue light before I go to bed. This post made me think if I was actually actively happier being online and you know- I wasn't. It's so surreal how the internet has cracked my skull open and inserted its self there. I'm too tired to check, and algorithms are super addictive. You gotta be so vigilante of your well being.
