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media fast

arfie
arfie

a media fast is where i take a break from all commercial media. i began taking media fasts in the 80's, before the internet explosion, but the concept enveloped the internet easily. digital or printed, fashion, science, etc. reports remain reports from external sources.


today begins week two of family vacay. this would be my second visit to the internet since i left the farm and ? ? ? hmmmmmm.... the visit sure feels sputtery and muttery. probably nothing more than the vacation spirit distracting me from my habitual worry streams and that's what vacations are for. fasts, too, be they dietary, media or sabbatical.


anybody else practice fasting?


copy/paste contributions and hot links welcome, also


p.s. vacay is going well. it be a bit treachourous to be so near my beloved rivers but unable to visit them because childcare duties are keeping me here at the den, butttttttaaaaaaa. . . it feels good to be breating the river air.

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
It sounds like a healthy thing to do from time to time, arfie. I don't fast 100% because of keeping up with CL duties on DS, but I quit Facebook long ago and don't do Tik Tok and Instagram and the like just so I can keep a balance between online and offline socializing for myself. Glad to hear that vacay is going well.
perfectly_imperfect
perfectly_imperfect
Happy to hear you’re enjoying some down time!
I honestly feel like my anxiety goes up a notch when I go on FB. I don’t have any other social media things except FB. I would completely log out if we didn’t own a business where I post quite often.
Some days I wish I lost my phone and went back to the great days of not knowing what everyone was eating that day LOL.
I wish there was a way to only post on our business page and not see the rest of the worlds problems (humans are made to be able to consume everyone’s issues, world issues….it’s too much-plus I truly believe it’s what’s causing more anxiety amongst teens).
Anyways, ‘it’s life right now I guess.
I applaud you with fasting!! Have a great vacation!
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
It's good that you're enjoying time off Arf.... I am on here most days even if it's just for a few minutes and I often take a peek at FB although I'm never on there for long
That's about it for me and social media though..... xo
pineappleSun
pineappleSun
My fasting practice includes avoiding anything that reminds me of father's day. It makes me sad my dad chose to not be an active participant in my life and sometimes it eats away at me when I start to see other's do school stuff with their dad. Though, I have uncles, I usually text one of them and say "Happy Uncle's Day!" LOL.
pineappleSun
pineappleSun
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