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While you're off, if you like classic literature, I can recommend Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" to get more in touch with yourself, nature, and the world around you.
certainly social media can be addictive, for myself i've almost always been able to take on tasks as they come up and not procrastinate but that's just due to a hate of the feeling of having a task looming. that being said i know there's times i've mindlessly watched tiktok for hours instead of engaging in more productive, meaningful forms of entertainment.
Good luck.
In addition, I want to test myself how long I will stay away from social networks. I want to understand why community-based social media like Lemmy is addictive, what are the benefits and drawbacks of it, and re-learn how to use the Internet.
I think a big part of it is accessibility. If you are using your phone for social media then you have something alleviate boredom at a moments notice. It's good to think about how you use those awkward amounts of time in your life and if using a social media service like Lemmy starts exceed those time periods and eat away at your day to day life.
I feel like Lemmy is at a point where you can browse by all and find a sizeable chunk of content you can interact with and we haven't reach the point where people can go back and tell you something has already or is regularly posted in a community.
It's nice but I don't think I've felt any FOMO yet. I feel like Lemmy will continue to grow and feel this way for a while yet and I don't think I need to really push to add content in the hopes it stays viable and relevant