>And when every other aspect of your life is being increasingly optimized by and for others, it is a small revolutionary act to be inconvenient.
That hit me. People often ask me why I do things so "inconvenient". Why do I not order everything online? Why do I not regularly order Pizza, but literally go into the restaurant (alone)? In short: Why do I sometimes (not always) take the long, hard route? Why do I scroll through the Gigabytes of Music on my HDD, to search for little gems, then to just let spotify recommend me the next best thing?
I think the answer, for me, is to just live in that moment and enjoy it. People often complain that they don't have enough time, but there is plenty of time, you just have to use it. Yes it can be inconvenient, but it feels liberating for me, even if it's on a very very small scale. Be more inconvenient.
I really love that quote, too. A few friends and I have been talking about going back to "dumb" phones again, just because they were more fun. Same vein.
I tried that too, but it's just not practical. Even just going without gApps is difficult, but doable. Having some sort of encrypted messenger (like Signal) seems kinda necessary in times like these, especially to communicate with others who do not have the same mindset.
My solution is to have as few Apps as possible (I mainly use my smartphone just for texts and calls) and """just""" stop using it all the time, even just leave it at home on purpose sometimes. My screen time is well under 1h per day and that feels really good. I even resist having my mail accounts on my phone, which has two reasons: Not checking it all the time and a little bit security, since no one could access them if i'd lose my phone.
Oh, also one main factor for me was music. I am just very very sensitive to noises around me, especially when programming, so I need to have my NC headphones on while at work. Otherwise I'd go crazy.
That hit me. People often ask me why I do things so "inconvenient". Why do I not order everything online? Why do I not regularly order Pizza, but literally go into the restaurant (alone)? In short: Why do I sometimes (not always) take the long, hard route? Why do I scroll through the Gigabytes of Music on my HDD, to search for little gems, then to just let spotify recommend me the next best thing?
I think the answer, for me, is to just live in that moment and enjoy it. People often complain that they don't have enough time, but there is plenty of time, you just have to use it. Yes it can be inconvenient, but it feels liberating for me, even if it's on a very very small scale. Be more inconvenient.