So, it's been a month, (I did break down and log on once, or maybe twice, just to check my messages, which is just as weak of an excuse as it sounds like)
but I have been substantially more productive in my life, I've stuck to my routines better, I've done more reading and more writing. I bought a guitar and started practicing, (I have gotten pretty good at my A and D chords and switching between them quickly) and I started learning learning french, having bought a lifetime french membership to lingq "je parle un peu le francais,mesdames et messieurs"
and not having the (internet moderated) human connection I've had to look into the real world for that human touch. I am applying to join the "friends of the public library" to volunteer because I love to read, I know a guy who's in the local rotary club and I'm looking into that too, and I'm scheduled to start attending the city councils accessibility committee, which suits me, as I'm in a wheelchair.
Taking a break from social media really helped, but was surprisingly hard, I kept having that itch to log on, and get my "fix". I think I'm going to do one Sunday a month for each of Canadian Brawn, Reddit, Facebook, and the Skilled Seducer forums.
I think what I"m going to try next is a month off from online shopping, If I think of something I might want, I'll put it into a list on a google Doc, and then look and see if I still want those things at the end of the month.
To finally stop logging onto social media sites I had to move the bookmarks from the top of my screen to a separate folder out of the way and also install the leechblock app on my computer. It was actually quite hard to stop myself clicking on the links, mindlessly.
Also, a side effect of not being online is that I started going to sleep earlier, and waking up earlier.
