This is only a brief update to say two things:
Firstly, I have left the platform formerly known as Twitter (i.e., X). You may know that I decided to leave Facebook and Instagram last year, but I kept X because it found it useful. However, in the end I decided the value I was getting from it was far less than the time I spent scrolling through it. I rarely used it to post, I usually just used it to see what was happening. The problem is, the world at the moment is so depressing that scrolling through X could leave you thoroughly depressed – so I thought the best thing was to pull the plug on it.
In addition, while I was on holiday I got round to thinking about my smartphone usage and came to the decision that it’s better to use it less rather than more. I’d like to get rid of mine completely, but it does have some genuinely useful features e.g. a camera. When it came to X, my problem was the constant temptation to check it whenever I had a spare minute or two. I firmly believe it’s better to invest in ‘real life’ relationships and spend time on those instead, so it was high time to demonstrate that by coming off social media completely.
I think that few of you who follow my writing / podcast / etc followed me on X, and those who did probably never saw anything I I posted anyway because of the crazy algorithm, so I’m sure this won’t come as a big loss to anyone. But just wanted to let you know anyway, just in case!
Secondly, I have updated the look of this website. I was getting a bit fed up of the old theme – it wasn’t displaying quotations in a reasonable way. I thought I fixed it, but seemingly I hadn’t. Either way, if you get any problems with the new site, please let me know.
These days I’m not here very much, my writing has moved to Substack, so please do check that out if you want to keep up to date.
Thanks everyone!
Leave a Reply