My year of rest and Twitter detoxification

I finally saw what this study was talking about when it found scrolling makes you more bored. Once I switched to these more active, “companion” apps, I’m enjoying them more and my screen time has decreased. It’s because I’m not laying in bed digitally switching from abyss to abyss, but using them when relevant to the real-life thing I’m doing.

These apps fall in line with what should be the point of apps in the first place: to help with real life. You can’t engage with them in a vacuum. To use Goodreads, you have to be reading. To use Ravelry, you have to be knitting. To use Letterboxd, you have to be watching (ideally going to see) movies. Even a visit to Pinterest, one of the pioneers ... See more