on the b side of things.

Everyone has a Vlog these days. Everyone has a podcast, a soundcloud, a twich stream. Hell, even the ultra popular actors are trying to get a slice of that sweet, sweet pie called…you-

-r attention.

Your attention and all the factors that makes you want to get out of whatever you’re supposed to be doing—they want it. Companies are paying a lot of money just to get your attention. Your time.

Youtube is so addicting. According to my iPhone’s screentime feature, I spend, on the average, 5-6 hours daily, browsing nonsense that someone on the other part of the globe has created. I’ve been trying different techniques on how to minimize my phone usage, but the dark side is constantly upping the ante in luring me [/us] into wasteful activities on our devices.

This is attempt number 24523453245. I am attempting to restart my blog in order for me to create something instead of mindlessly consuming other people’s output. I’ll be doing this for myself. Nobody reads blogs anymore, anyway.

Quitting Social Media

At the start of the year, I deleted my Facebook account. It turns out that it was a great move because months later, the news regarding Cambridge Analytica broke out. I could claim that I abandoned Facebook before it was cool*.

(Sure, I would not have been affected by that data leak anyway, and even if I was, I am not part of the target demographic of that campaign.)

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