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.
Yep. And you are more likely to retain that knowledge getting it that way, vs getting your answer from a quick internet search.
There have been studies that have shown that getting answers quickly from search engines/internet has caused a marked reduction in our ability to remember things, because our brain knows its right there in our pocket/on our computer to find again so it doesnt even bother to try to retain it.
But if you make a concerted effort of going to the library, browsing, reading 20 other really interesting things along the way, your chances of retaining and recalling it skyrocket