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Anne Heath's avatar

Here's my cure: no X, no FB, no Instagram, no Whatsapp, no Snapchat, no TIKTOK. TMI, and my eyes cannot take it. Try to pray 2 hours a day. Mothers generally have to pray on the hoof, I am no exception. (Prayer can be meditative or contemplative, or recite the "oldies but goodies".) I do not watch TV, except old VHS tapes with the sound turned off on rare occasion. Why? To help me doze off on the couch (72 almost, I take naps). I watch youtube, often for know how (know how to quilt, know how to sew, know how to fix your own car, know how to make a souffle, know..., you get it). So what do I do instead? I do read online, but I keep it to a minimum: Drudge, Breit, RC Politics, Zerohedge, The Liberty Daily, The Gateway Pundit, Hotair, Townhall. Takes about 30 minutes (read the headlines, you get 90%). Generally, I make myself do leg lifts while reading online or pump iron in a seated position (3 lbs, lots of reps) OR I am eating (quickly, but not so quickly to be unhealthy).

Here is my trick: I keep a running log of my day on paper. Yes, I mark down hour by hour what I've done: what I've eaten, what activity I did, and I start the day out with a list every single day of things I should do. Anything not done in any given day is carried forward to the next day.

I'm not giving up my substacks, though. So keep on writing, Steve.

Here's a youtube channel idea for you, which I've suggested before and you might say: no way, but I think it would have an audience of old ladies and men like me or people who commute a lot as a driver. Summarize the best of X on any given day. "Well, why not read it yourself?" Because my eyes are shot and it's too much information and I am a luddite in some major respects and get frustrated with all these apps and websites, and I'm the driver. So do your "best of" summary, and it can be very limited and eclectic. There may be copyright issues--so you may have to paraphrase your contributors, or get their permission. Could be a deal-breaker. I have to drive a lot and I would listen to that, as I do other "thinker" podcasts (you know, the usual people like Rogan, other thinkers on Spotify). I think it would be a hit. A lot of people are trapped in their cars all day (on many days, I am on a LONG drive, because I travel to help various people and run chores).

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Aaron's avatar

If you don’t watch garbage 24/7-the algorithm can’t bother you. If we don’t eat shit food 24/7, we all won’t be so fat. It just takes a little discipline and the bad man will go away.

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