lmika
lmika

Hard to get out of old habits. I’ve started reading Indie Microblogging by Manton today. So far a terrific read — which natually means that I stopped so that I can save it for “later”. Really need to just finish reading what I find interesting now.

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cdevroe
cdevroe

@lmika this is exactly what was happening to me. Not anymore.

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lmika
lmika

@cdevroe Great post. I also left social media about 9 months ago and I have found my focus improve as well. And although the reason for me saving Manton’s book for later is for a slightly different reason (feeling that if I was reading it during the right time and the right setting, I would enjoy it more — I know, it makes no sense when I write it out like this), it’s probably a good idea to do what the post suggests and just do a cull to RSS/podcast subscriptions, etc.

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agam
agam

@lmika haha good to know I’m not alone.

Instapaper was supposed to be the solution to “lots of old browser tabs”, now I find myself watching articles pile up there instead.

Strong element of denial (for me) between what I can make time for and what I can realistically do.

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lmika
lmika

@agam Yeah, my Instapaper usage descended into something very much like that as well. 😄

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pimoore
pimoore

@lmika @agam That was Pinboard for me, I never looked back at anything. Eventually I deleted everything and closed my account.

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cdevroe
cdevroe

@lmika Totally get that saving things for a better time still makes sense. Cool that you’ve been off 9 months. 💪

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