I'm just old enough to remember what the original Instagram and YouTube were like. Remember what the app icons looked like? And old school tv for YouTube and an old school camera for Instagram. Now, it's all just polished bullshit.
I think we're talking about the involution of Instagram here. 😉
I have so much more mind space - and mental freedom to be creative - since I limited my IG access to 40 min per day, from over 1 hour. Detoxing takes time.
It took me a year since the start of the pandemic. I replaced most politics and news channels on IG and YT with cooking content, and my mental health immediately improved.
That sounds great! I replaced IG time with looking out the window at the trees, a few minutes a day. That feeling of an emptied brain of all the chatter...
I'm just old enough to remember what the original Instagram and YouTube were like. Remember what the app icons looked like? And old school tv for YouTube and an old school camera for Instagram. Now, it's all just polished bullshit.
OG YouTube has so many bangers. Chocolate Rain... My New Haircut... "I'm The Juggernaut, Bitch!"
And remember when YouTube rewinds were the shit? I think 2013 rewind was my favorite!
I think we're talking about the involution of Instagram here. 😉
I have so much more mind space - and mental freedom to be creative - since I limited my IG access to 40 min per day, from over 1 hour. Detoxing takes time.
It took me a year since the start of the pandemic. I replaced most politics and news channels on IG and YT with cooking content, and my mental health immediately improved.
That sounds great! I replaced IG time with looking out the window at the trees, a few minutes a day. That feeling of an emptied brain of all the chatter...
That’s a way healthier way of weening off.