I’ve been slowly reassessing my relationship with technology. Ever since Twitter (and Reddit… and what feels like the internet as a whole…) went down the tubes, I feel like it’s given me the chance to do a reset and be more mindful about what I’m using these services for.

Though I signed up for Mastodon, I don’t post on there anywhere near as often as I did with Twitter. Some of it is me being lazy. Would I post more on Mastodon if I could migrate my toots to my own instance? Almost definitely. But as of now, I can’t, and I’m too reluctant to set up my own instance at this time. (Do I want the hassle of maintaining my own Mastodon instance? Almost certainly not.)

Though I generally lurked on Reddit rather than actively participate, I’ve been avoiding using it partially because I’m still disappointed how they cut off third-party app access, and partially because I don’t want to use it now that I can’t use my app of choice.

Since it’s not as easy or appealing to mindlessly browse now, I’ve been spending more time reading books and other long-form writing, rediscovering my RSS feed reader, and generally being more intentional about what and when I’m engaging online. Hopefully that translates to more writing on here.