It’s brutally hard if you don’t. I’d do a segmented schedule and do two 3.5hr core sleeps with a 2 hour wake in the middle.
Unless you can seem to pull it off. 20min for an extra 2 hours of wake time every day (just think of how good you’d be at Magick, music, or a language if you used it…) is well worth it to me.
Holy shit! Hahaha, that’s diabolically genius.
Not that BALG (or I guess Discourse?) doesn’t also hook us to the Like dopamine-bursts, but at least there’s way less overt manipulation of info streams here. 
Holy shit this is deep
Great post , doesn’t help that our society has McDonald’s every mile that slowly kills people but still pretends they’re working as fast as they can to save the world with a vaccine that’s supposedly in the best interests of people’s health 
Yeah, McDonald’s is not great, however, the fact that once in a rare while I went to McDonalds is not really going to kill me any faster.
I know I’m just chiming another point in to go along with the theme of this post , that our society normalized paradigms of diet, health treatments, and work that are so far out of alignment with how humans evolved and their natural biology
It takes serious willpower to give up social media. Even if you delete the Facebook app, you still get notifications because most phones come with it already downloaded, and I don’t think you can completely delete it.
When you are just innocently looking up pictures online, you are taken to the website only to be propositioned by their app, and many times you can’t view anymore unless you download it.
Everywhere you go, every store you walk into, there is an app being advertised to you. They know it only takes a few minutes to download it, they know you have your phone in hand and that few minutes waiting for your coffee will be used downloading it.
Every commercial you see nowadays has their actors using their phone to make things easier in relation to whatever they are selling. It’s all on your phone!
It’s become so deeply rooted in our culture that it’s actually almost unrealistic to attempt to lead a life without a smartphone. They make it nearly impossible to do certain things if you don’t have one. Some stores have even implemented an app that makes you scan a barcode to see their menu or to sign in to get their services.
It’s difficult to avoid the temptation when it is constantly shoved in your face and presented as the norm. After all, what else is there to do when you are in a room filled with people who have their eyes plastered to their phone screen to avoid the awkwardness of human interaction and how boring every day life is?
Bring a book. There are lots of pocket sized books out there. Write in your journal. Practice some mindfulness techniques or breathing exercises. Strike up a conversation with a stranger – you will both be pulled out from the hypnosis of social media for a moment to make a meaningful connection, whether it’s short-lived or not.
I’ve deleted everything (except for this site, which, admittedly, I can spend less time on) and I am a much happier person. Bored? I go on a walk, I read a book, I dance to music, I practice an instrument, I meditate, I exercise, I swim in the pool, I try to talk to birds and feed nuts to squirrels, etc. I end my day with so many more memorable and important moments that I would have completely missed out on if I hadn’t put my phone down.
You do not learn anything about yourself or the world around you when you are sucked into social media, and if you do the math, you will be horrified at how much time you have wasted by mindless scrolling.
You will notice how much more confident and self assured you are when you delete social media apps. You no longer base what you do or say on the attention or validation you will receive online. I used to find myself doing things with the sole purpose being so that I can take pictures and post about it later. What kind of a life is that to live?
It isn’t.
It may be the norm, but it doesn’t have to be your norm.
So true. And if you deviate you’ll likely be ostracized and labeled a freak. My own family will throw a hissy if I don’t eat the sugary crap they bring to holiday dinner. It’s become so annoying that I don’t go or show up late because my digestive system can’t take it.
Our society has lost a lot of plant knowledge. I’m highly allergic to Poison Ivy and live in the woods. I eat a small piece of the plant every spring to stay immune. People freak out about it but years ago it was a common practice. A nurse told me about an old timer doctor who made his own oral tincture from fresh leaves to prevent the rash. Although I found a couple references, I was unable to find any recipe so I made my own tincture. Hasn’t killed me yet and no rash!
Similia similibus curentur. This is a principle also used in homeopathy.
Although I wouldn’t advice people to eat a leave of aconite, be careful with poisonous plants. Although most of the time you can read about how much is needed to really harm or kill you, you can never be sure. Plants are unpredictable, because many factors habe an infuence on how strong they are, such as how much sunlight, water and minerals it got.
So better not think “I’ve read that 2 leaves don’t kill you, so I can eat them.” Just a word of warning.
I deleted Facebook years ago, no notifications.
Lol fuck em, don’t participate in insanity of the masses even if it’s your family , @anon2103588
I’m not sure what the deal is with my phone, then, because I still get the notifications all the time.
Indeed. I would never give out the recipe because it may be specific to my tolerance levels. There’s a commercial product called Oral Ivy that is obviously made to specifications with lab equipment. But I found it to be far too weak. Considering it’s made to be safe for the general public, it has to be weak.
Yeah western medicine abandons use of herbs and plants cause it actually treats problems and isn’t that much money , that’s what I been learning a lot about lately , pretty much anything can be alleviated or improved with some plant or another
I"m just so angry about the work thing right now. I’m going to start a cult. (and I don’t mean one of those bow down and worship the mad leader cults.)
