#going analog

[violeteaturbread]

[sweetpimento]

The conversation between Langdon and Cassie was great.

She tells him the first year of sobriety is the hardest.

She tells him she's 9 years sober.

He's gobsmacked. Langdon didn't know McKay was an addict.

She tells him, "if you need anything, call me."

What a moment.

[bewitched-moonlight]

🌿 Analog witchcraft 🌿

It's decided: this summer I'll be spending less times around screens. Here's a few ideas to make your witchcraft practice more analog if you, like me, are feeling concerned about your screen time...

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🌿 Start (or keep up with) a physical grimoire - social media is a great resource to find spells and anything magic-related. However, reblogging won't give you the knowledge you deserve. Start collecting all of this information in one notebook dedicated to your practice.

🌿 Buy some books about witchcraft - most of my magical knowledge has been acquired with books. There are so many out there, so spend some time in your local library and find books related to your type of witchcraft.

🌿 Consume less, practice more - early on in my practice, I felt the need to learn as much as possible before attempting anything. If that feels like you, step outside and start with a simple spell. The rest will come soon enough.

🌿 Consider investing in tools to replace your need for a phone - if you use it to wake you up in the morning, consider buying an alarm clock. If you love taking pictures, why not trying to learn photography with a proper camera? If you need it for reading, even investing on a e-reader will be better for your eyes, etc. etc.

🌿 Practice offline divination - pull tarot cards without looking up the meaning online. Sit with your intuition. You don't need a guidebook to tell you everything.

🌿 Seek out local covens, witch meetups, or metaphysical shops - real human connection with other practitioners is something the internet can simulate but never quite replace.

[fleshcoloredskies]

trying to satisfy the brainworms without falling to consumerism

[melisssg99]

I deleted my Instagram account.

Two days ago I deleted my Instagram account! To my mutuals who followed me, no I did not block you, I just deleted my account all together. I chose in the beginning of this year to delete all social media platforms from my phone so I could only access it through a browser on my desktop (Then a month into that I decided to keep my bedroom screen free. No scrolling or swiping before bed, only a physical book.)

I did that for about two months and then I realized that most of my very very close friends stayed in contact with me through normal chatting apps like whatsapp or telegram.

Group chats were nice and we see each other every week either for DnD or for online gaming together. So I didnt experience FOMO when it came to friendship.

And one of my closest friends even went so far to send me memes and funny videos on our chat instead of Instagram.

Don't get me wrong they still sent me stuff on IG knowing I would eventually see them when I did decide to check on desktop. It wasn't a lot but enough for me to keep my account.

Then I realized how many "influencers" I was following and how little I actually saw of my actual friends. My friends, the whole season I got my account in 2016 in the first place!

Now it was all influencers telling you what to do, what not to do, how to live. News about war, weird politicians or brainrot and a funny meme in between to keep me watching. To keep me hooked.

Or old classmates who used to bully me now showing off their seemingly perfect life's.

It was this and a pressure to keep following people I used to know because I didn't want to hurt their feelings if I decided to unfollow them.

It wasn't a fun way to keep in contact with the people I love. Not anymore. It was a forced thing where I almost felt bad for not posting anymore. I had times where I was like, "I should do 'insert thing' so I can post pretty pictures" and again, not for fun anymore, but because I felt the pressure to show my life to others. Now if I feel the need to share photo's with the once I actually care about I can just send them directly or in a group chat that only include the people I truly know. If you told me a year ago I would delete my Instagram account I would laugh and probably feel anxiety about the photo's I might lose (I didn't) the memories with friends (I kept those) and I would already have FOMO at the thought of deleting it alone. But after keeping Instagram use to desktop only. Unfollowing all things political , things that didn't actually add much to my life, people all telling the same stories over and over again, deleting older photo's that didn't really feel like me anymore I realized; I could probably just delete my whole account. I wrote that thought in my journal and a day or two later I did it. It felt like a weight falling off of my shoulders! The only social media I use now (not counting apps to chat like whatsapp and telegram) is YouTube to follow only a handful of creators I truly enjoy, and of course Tumblr. Both apps I don't have on my phone anymore btw, still desktop only. Now I still sometimes like to fill silence with some music or a podcast but I feel so much more comfortable with silence after keeping my mornings my nights and my bedroom screen free. Some days I don't need any audible stimuli and I am so happy. Keep your bedroom screen free. Delete that account that doesn't fulfill you. Delete the distractions. True friends will understand and find other ways of keeping in contact.

[lessislost]

I deleted most of my social media apps on my phone, so now I keep checking my phone and closing it right away because it's literally boring to use it now...

I bought a whole bunch of sudoku and word search books (at Dollar Tree), a super cheap watch (8 dollars on amazon), I'm actually using my notebooks and reading my books. I was so bored yesterday, and I realized for the first how slow time was moving. I'm usually so stressed because time goes by so fast, and I have such little time to myself. I was sitting at my desk just staring blankly bored to all hell but weirdly content????

I also checked out a book and a cd at the library. Listening to music on my cheap cd player sounds so much crisper? Knowing I have to return the book soon makes me so much more motivated to actually read it. I've been going through my favorite artists' profiles on spotify and listening to all their songs instead of just listening to the same one song I like over and over again.

I'm not buying random shit from tiktoks every day. I'm not spending my whole day scrolling on my phone. I nanny for my little sister and nephew, and I'm actually spending time with them rather than letting them play on their own. I feel weirdly regulated? I used to binge eat when I was bored, but now I sit calmly without itching to chew something. I slept 8 hours (I still woke up feeling like shit lol) instead of 4.

I don't know what I'm trying to say. Maybe stop using your phones as much? I can't make anyone do anything, but I'll yap about it anyway.

[arctic-hands]

I kinda wanna delete all social media from my phone and solely use it on my laptop, but also I like chatting with the people on my little rectangle (that's you, tumblr), and also I'm in the bathroom a lot and bored as fuck when I'm in there