Not resolutions, but I’ve been working on some principles which I am going to try and observe this coming year.
Stop checking things on the damn mobile phone.
This is an absolutely key principle which I have had trouble observing since the invention of smart phones, and especially recently when I can spend my life checking things. Here is a list of things I can think of which I am able to check on my phone: messages, Irreverend Twitter, personal Twitter, Facebook (though I’ve pretty much abandoned it now), Facebook Messenger, Irreverend Patreon account, Irreverend Buy Me a Coffee account, Signal messages, WhatsApp messages, Irreverend YouTube studio account, Irreverend Buzzsprout audio podcast stats, Apple Podcast App reviews and ratings for Irreverend, Irreverend Telegram, Chartable Irreverend statistics, Irreverend Wordpress statistics and of course emails: work emails, personal emails and (you guessed it) Irreverend emails!
I freely admit that I have become addicted to staring at my m…
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