I have a scrolling addiction of sorts. I have unfollowed 70 people. I am making a screen -time rubric. I ignore reels unless it has baby animals or octopi on them. I ignore adds except for plants and shoes.
I have a meta account with my real name and a yahoo email. A twitter account with my author name and a different email. I also share both blogs on tumblr and LinkedIn as well. Tumblr has author name. LinkedIn uses my real name.
I wanted to ditch all social media. I need messenger to contact certain friends and our mountain neighbors. I ditched X, but then writer’s groups said I needed it.
The rubric should help me stay on task, but all those ads, reels and recipes are the temptation that sucks me in.
I am in love with Poppy the baby pygmy hippo! Do not look her up. You will get addicted.
I know some of you are adding Bluesky. Will it solve anything or just add another task?
I am looking for free-lance writing jobs, which has added even more screen time.
I would appreciate input from any of you. I need to use my time more efficiently. My eyes and brain need a break from chaos.
I will also lock my phone in my safe while home. Blah. This started when I fell down and had hip surgery. Hi Ho
HELP
BLOW caught up in the on-line flow.
floweralley 
On a whim, I started on Blue sky. Very different, I was surprised not to find anyone I know on there.
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I do not need more need on the internet. You know me Queen. What will I gain?
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I’m not on Twitter this seems less troll ridden than FB
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What is your Bluesky address Queen?
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New year clear sweep Flow Keep Flowing! .. 🙂
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That is what I need Sue. I wondered what could happened if I just put my phone in my safe and went on with my life. What would I really lose?
I could always pop back in. The numbers mean nothing. Thanks friend.
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We would survive without technology Flow… and soon realise who our real friends were in the process 🙂 ❤
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My phone is a pest. Ha
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🙂
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I’m only on WordPress and Goodreads. My books are on Amazon and a bunch of other ebook stores. That’s it. I find it hard enough to keep up with blog reading and writing and email. Can’t imagine figuring out how to use other platforms, even though many say it’s necessary for authors to be everywhere.
Mind you, I’m no marketer.
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I am struggling with the chaos.
I will be controlling my time I dealing with all the on-line distractions. I forgot to list 3 other things. I will be cutting some strings to move forward. Thanks Audrey. It’s hard to be creative when there is too much to do. Too much quantity and not enough quality.
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