estrogenandspite

One thing I've learned from Cohost is how much I hate Doomscrolling, and how vulnerable I am to it when I'm not on sites that allow it. To achieve this, I've decided to set a couple of rules for myself:

A) Social media is for the Big Screen. No more on my phone mindless scroll. If I wanna be on social media? I have to sit up, at my desk.

B) I'm setting a 10 minute timer while on social media. If after 10 minutes I have not actually interacted with humans (likes don't count, it has to be I said something to another person or I made a new post for people to maybe respond to) I have to do something else.

C) The following is going to be my guideline for what to do (when I'm not hanging out with people and having fun):

1: Write.
If no energy for write
2: Edit
If no energy for edit
3: Code/Draw/Work on TTRPG/New Fun Skill
If no energy for Code/Draw/Work on TTRPG/New Fun Skill
4: Game
If no energy for game
5: Read
If no energy for read
6: TV show
If no energy for TV show
7: Youtube video essays/other passive 'watch and learn a thing' videos.
If no energy for video essays
8: Walk, drink water, eat food, shower to make sure addressing body needs
If no energy for self-care
9: I'm probably in a spiral, reach out to partners or friends for emotional support.
If no energy for reaching out
10: Nap. If nothing else is working, it's nap time.

So far I feel like I'm doing pretty good with it. I made a basic-ass website today and got it to look a bit like Windows XP!

Also yes, that feed box does automatically pull from the RSS feed integrated natively into Dreamwidth and should auto-update (It may take an hour or two to update, gonna use this blog post to keep an eye on it.)