by Captain Scarlet (Retired)
by Captain Scarlet (Retired)
So a week into my experiment with digital minimalism. Have I noticed a difference and what has contributed to its success or failure. I certainly have noticed some differences. In summary these are: What have the key take-away points been that have made this possible without really missing the absence of social media? Would I […]
I remember as a child and teenager really disliking anything to do with the garden. There were so many better things to do. bikes to ride, places to explore and gardening wasn’t more interesting than any of them. Whether through a change in priorities, necessity or a mix of both, I’ve found my interest in […]
Today we had a planned day away, something we had booked in the early New Year. Having received a number of advertising leaflets, we had booked the Welsh Marches Express with Saphos Trains. They offer a Pullman carriage providing breakfast and dinner while exploring the English/Welsh borders. Of course, prior to embarking on the digital […]
I know a few people are following this digital minimalism trial which can put some pressure to document things even when they’re not that significant. I’ve decided not to fall for that option. I’ve not much to report today, other than recognising I’m not missing much about Facebook. I’m conscious I’m out of touch with […]
Day three was a day of surprises and insights, so that’s not a bad thing. Firstly, since I’ve removed the social media apps from my phone, I’ve already noticed my relationship with it is subtly changing. I’ve had no need to check it first thing in the morning and have had nothing to routinely check […]
If you take this digital minimalism experiment seriously, the first step is to recognise there is a problem. Anyone familiar with 12-step land or the cognitive approaches to addiction may recognise a similarity. That in itself is telling as resolving to reduce social media use has continual similarities with the fields of addiction and dependency. […]
One of the benefits of the digital age, at least for me, is the availability of so much reading material via audiobooks. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll avoid engaging with the debate as to whether an audiobook is read or whether that ‘reading’ is qualitatively or physically better or worse than engaging with the printed […]
I’ll declare a general position at the outset. I’m not a fan of what could be described via shorthand as identity or group politics. I don’t believe it’s helpful or healthy to subsume and often lose the individual within a presumed group identity. It strikes me as lazy and built on false assumptions (that the […]
For those who have noticed the omission from Debrett’s, advice from the Royal British Legion states the remembrance poppy should be worn from the last Friday in October until the conclusion of annual remembrance events. Though the jury is out for me on the new plastic-free design it will mean significantly less single-use plastic which […]
