this post was submitted on 26 May 2024
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A community which focusses on improving yourself. This can be in many different ways - from improving physical health or appearance, to improving mental health, creating better habits, overcoming addictions, etc.
While material circumstances beyond our control do govern much of our daily lives, people do have agency and choices to make, whether that is as "simple" as disciplining yourself to not doomscroll, to as complex as recreating yourself to have many different hobbies and habits.
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I'd like to be added! Ironically, one of my goals is to be less terminally online, and to spend less time scrolling hexbear and refreshing to see new threads, but hey, I'll take my accountability from where I can get it.
Welcome aboard comrade, we are happy to have you!
In regards to being terminally online, I think it's a systemic issue. Everybody is so starved for basic human needs (meaning, community, affection, etc) that it's impossible to resist the free dopamine box. It's like being a rat in a cage, of course everybody is gonna get addicted to the only thing that gives you a tiny hit of pleasure.
Hell yeah that's a goal of mine too! It's soooo hard though. I deleted Instagram and Reddit (again) and it's at least helped me to pay more attention during movies ๐ step in the right direction I guess. Now I need to be less of a cave troll and touch more fucking grass. How have you done with it so far?