@SilkyNsa@mstdn.social
Nice that you recognize the need to reduce the exposure.

You might be able to cut it down without smashing the phone even. Put it away, and just use a computer when at home, for example.

For me, the phone is a minor problem - I use one mostly when I am travelling abroad.

Normally it would be on one of the computers in the house, laptops so it's easy to relax and read for hours.

Kind of nice that I found Mastodon and am here reading and posting, making some contact, helping people out, instead of reading news for hours analyzing it and feeling bad from so many bad things happening in different places.

There are good ways to use the Net, and many bad ways. Porn, flame wars, arguing with the political opposition, all negative energies that don't help us much.

Making time for longer reads, online or out, is important.

I have been spending so much time here that my visits to The Guardian, the NY Times, The Atlantic have been infrequent daily.