It has been a very long time since I’ve had an active blog on my own site. I haven’t bothered because…what’s the point? I journal, I use social media, personal blogs are dead. It’s not like the communal 90s or 00s, with web-rings and making friends through link-backs. Everyone’s on TikTok.

I am very much over using social media as much as I do, though. I’m sick of scrolling and posting simply because I’m bored and it’s easier than trying to think of something actually interesting to do. I’ve tried app blocks and site blocks and locking my phone in a drawer, always with the end result of being productive for a few hours, irritable for a few more, then finding every possible way to bypass all of the blocks I’ve set up.

Yes, I do have severe ADHD.

Anyway, this is the latest attempt. Post to my own little corner of the internet whenever I would normally reach for social media. I’ll still allow access for a couple of hours a day to chat with people and research questions, but all the little micro-posts will hopefully go here. Along with probably a few rants that I wouldn’t normally post because no one cares, but that are too long to hand-write in my journals without getting distracted.

Next step is to hopefully find a way to post by app. I have a pocket notebook but, let’s be real, I never use it for that sort of thing. My habit is to reach for my phone, no amount of trying to break that has worked, so hopefully I can at least find a way to transform the habit it something a bit less likely to suck up all of my time.

Fingers crossed.