Right now I am attempting to detox or strictly limit online activity by disconnecting my Internet for 2 whole months. I have downloaded what I could to pad the time and have gotten around more to do things I kept putting off.
So far, what I am not liking about it, is that the only way I have internet now is mobile since my phone has a plan. I. hate. the. mobile. experience. There is a reason I have always treated all of my phones as just communication devices as meant to be and not just for browsing.
The keyboard interface sucks, keys are too close which are prone for you to make many typing mistakes unless you have autocorrect. And we all know how autocorrect can be. Sometimes things will randomly zip you away from what you are doing like, in the middle of making this, something made my browser get yanked down and I was on the home screen.
Most if not all UIs for websites are shit in mobile. If things act up, welp! You are in for a world of frustration! Being on mobile is really like you are going down a narrow corridor, just trying to get to places and do things. But for every few paces, you have a series of booby traps to deal with and they all fuck you up and leave you pissed off as you try resuming. It’s a fucking trap in of itself.
The plus side of no net? Keeps the social media noise down.
You don’t need to be that old. I’m in my early 30s and I can enjoy the moment as well. A few months ago I was out with my nephew, my sister and my mom in a wildlife park and they where kinda pressuring me to take more pictures. Looking at my camera roll, I’ve taken 40 pictures and 5 clips, including duplicate shots. Sure pictures are useful to remember, but I don’t need so many, that they tell the whole story. I want just so many pictures, that I can remember it myself and if I’m sharing them, to aid my story telling. Sometimes I wish back analog film, as this really limited people on what they capture. On the other hand, digital cameras have the upside, that you don’t waste precious space, when one picture fails. This was always a big bummer. And you couldn’t review the picture you took. Looking at the pictures I took as a kid with analog film, they where pretty good.