I’m still here.
How are you? I hope you’re feeling supported and loved through the shit-show roller coaster that is our current United States. If you’re reading this: thank you! How nice that you cared enough to come find me all the way here. I’m doing what I can to manage my well-being and juggle what is currently a fairly busy life. That's one of the reasons why I chose to get off of Facebook and Instagram. I'm under no pretense that stopping my use of these things is going to dramatically stop selfish billionaires from exploiting the masses (including me in alternate ways), but it felt like one thing I could do to protect myself from what is sure to become a bigger source of divisive influence and simply to be more intentional about what I consume. As I've been away from meta for the last week or so, its absence has actually shown up a lot like an addiction for me. I find myself randomly looking for the apps during idle times, or when I pick up my phone for a different reason altog...