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social media and mental health

28/11/2020

Minimalish, Part Three: a 1-month anniversary review of the Brick Phone

Before we start: this post got LONG. Just a heads up, especially if you’re reading on a mobile (ha). Here’s part one, part two and part four of this tenuous series. I was going to share this sooner, but I wanted to take a bit longer to get to know the newest electronic acquisition in Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, Minimalish

Depop, Headspace, Indifferent Ignorance, low tech living, Nokia 3310 2015 review, non-smart phones with WhatsApp, second hand phone, smart phones and mental health, social media and mental health, swapping a smart phone for a brick phone
12/03/2018

I Took a 2 Week Break from Instagram. Here’s What Happened.

Spoiler alert: I got loads done. Soooo a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how fed up I’ve become with Instagram and why I wanted to take a little break. I turned it into a mini protest against Insta’s crappy algorithm, because why not, and I took a solid 2 weeks off from the Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, Social Media

avoiding social media, digital marketing, going offline, Indifferent Ignorance, Instagram, Instagram boycott, Internet, It’s Not Me It’s You Instagram protest, selling on Etsy, social media, social media and mental health, writing, writing a book