I don't have time for the future

I haven't written a personal blog entry in years. It hasn't been in me to share beyond a few things here and there on social media. But, the future isn't something I can care about all that much. Anything beyond a few weeks is all my brain can handle at the present time.

I understand that the trajectory the world is currently on is not great. While I don’t want to hide my head in the sand, most of the time it is difficult to just make it through the day without reading the feeds. My life beyond the screen continues to become more challenging and complicated with every morning. Stepping away from a plethora of digital distractions became a necessity.

Leaving Instagram was my first move. After nearly fifteen years, I am finished with the platform. My account is now private, and logged out everywhere. I don’t want to play the game they are forcing users to do anymore. By extension, Threads is on limited use. This is the first step to de-Metafying myself. Now, to see where I am at in a few months.

Bluesky is in limbo right now. I don’t necessarily like the platform, I don’t trust the people in charge, and I want off US based social media, which all works against it. The Discord IPO also me thinking about deleting that service too.

Which leaves me on a EU-based Mastodon server. I will be there going forward. Again, I don’t want to hide in the sand, but I still want a place to occasionally connect with folks.

This attempt already feels like the best chance to succeed. The world has created the perfect situation to walk away. I can’t change anything by typing on social media anyway. I am finished wasting my limited energy on engagement bait and bots.