Writing Instead Of Scrolling

<p>A simple idea, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFvdHfhVIsQ">stollen from YouTuber Struthless</a> to replace what is ultimately bad for me, with something that is better. He replaced Social media with ‘micro-journalling’ to improve his mental health

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Focused Time

<p>I wrote a post <a href="https://micro.gregmorris.co.uk/2022/07/27/my-life-doesnt.html">a few days ago</a> about not being able to switch off and be focused. Well, that was the intention, but it came across in

Gaming Life Level 2: Steam Deck

<p>It seems like an age ago I wrote about <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/blog/love-stadia/">loving Stadia</a>. It has its issues, is always a few days away <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/google-insists-stadia-is-not-shutting-down">

Of Course, I Am Scrolling Through Social Media Again

I am starting to think my brain is fundamentally broken. I can’t sleep, can’t sit still, and literally can’t do anything online without scrolling through social media. It happens when I am not paying attention, and then I suddenly realise that post I sat down to write

Placebo

For reasons that I don’t really want to go into, I’ve had to resort to sleeping tablets. Nothing major, just herbal things to help me drop off and stay asleep. I’ve used them before, many years ago, and found they really help when I’m struggling to

I want to do everything and nothing

It doesn’t take more than a few minutes for the uncomfortable feeling to set in. Tiny little pin pricks that raise in intensity while I am still. Prodding me towards doing something, anything, just stop being still. My attention hasn’t wandered. I am not bored, if anything I

My life doesn’t work like that

Shawn Blanc has a cushty life being able to be indistractable until lunch. > Between 6am and noon is arguably my most precious / important / valuable time of the day for getting things done. That’s why I keep all of my devices in Do Not Disturb until noon. This way

WFH slipping away

Over the last few weeks, I am having to spend more and more time in an office environment. There’s no rhyme or reason for it apart from the things I need to do need me to be there. I can slowly but surely feel my happy working from home

Oh, Instagram!

<p>Where to actually start? Every so often we see the once great Instagram app slide into oblivion, barely clinging on to its importance to the users that have used it for more than a decade. Unfortunately, there isn’t a service that comes close to the reach