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Nov. 8th, 2024 07:32 pmofficially back ~
* i did pretty good staying fully offline the first four days! less so on the last three. noticed a notable improvement in mentality the days that were offline as it kept me from instinctively checking ~all the sites~ multiple times a day. got a nutty amount of art and reading done. i definitely have a problem reflexively clicking on tumblr to the point it eats up a not-insignificant amount of time. :v
* i think in the future, i want to stay offline in chunks of "three days" a lot more. more than three days, and i start getting antsy about missing things. three days feels like a sweet spot, then with a single day of intentionally replying to everything in one sprint. keeps me from feeling like this handle's a PR firm vs being "always on" if that makes sense.
* there's a custom feed/(plug-in-type-of-dashboard) on bluesky that only shows images of people who you follow. this has been an absolute game-changer for me since all i've ever wanted to see on social media was strictly art from those specific artists (i get personal updates and news elsewhere). it's the only time i've ever moved RSS feeds back to the [closed platform] simply b/c how much more useful it was in getting rid of cruft.
* i am so thankful to my workplace for getting me comfortable with sending cold call emails to vendors. getting some physical details worked out about art projects coming soon ~
* i did pretty good staying fully offline the first four days! less so on the last three. noticed a notable improvement in mentality the days that were offline as it kept me from instinctively checking ~all the sites~ multiple times a day. got a nutty amount of art and reading done. i definitely have a problem reflexively clicking on tumblr to the point it eats up a not-insignificant amount of time. :v
* i think in the future, i want to stay offline in chunks of "three days" a lot more. more than three days, and i start getting antsy about missing things. three days feels like a sweet spot, then with a single day of intentionally replying to everything in one sprint. keeps me from feeling like this handle's a PR firm vs being "always on" if that makes sense.
* there's a custom feed/(plug-in-type-of-dashboard) on bluesky that only shows images of people who you follow. this has been an absolute game-changer for me since all i've ever wanted to see on social media was strictly art from those specific artists (i get personal updates and news elsewhere). it's the only time i've ever moved RSS feeds back to the [closed platform] simply b/c how much more useful it was in getting rid of cruft.
* i am so thankful to my workplace for getting me comfortable with sending cold call emails to vendors. getting some physical details worked out about art projects coming soon ~
