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Same here. Variety is the spice of life. One day I noticed I have some Thought Problems, and after thinking about it I realized that most of my daily interacti
by jstarfish 4y ago
Same here. Variety is the spice of life.
One day I noticed I have some Thought Problems, and after thinking about it I realized that most of my daily interactions take place with the same two devices.
Doing work on the same computer you game on, deal with family drama, communicate with co-workers and family, etc. takes its toll-- there's never any new stimulus, just living in the same 10'x10' cube playing with the same two toys for years on end. When you have a particularly stressful interaction with either, you're still forced to continue using it. (No wonder the kids are miserable. We replaced toys with smartphones.)
Things improved when I broke away to console gaming, set up a dedicated work computer, and did personal stuff on another. DSLR for pictures instead of phone. Moved away from taking notes on the computer and do data/object modeling with physical objects (anything from index cards to Legos). Etc. The only thing I use my phone for these days is reading news on the toilet, which is apt because it's all the same shit to flush either way.
I would actually kill myself if I had to spend any more of my time interacting with the world through a singular device. It's not a life worth living.