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.