YouTube addiction, one month sober

Today marks my first month clean from YouTube. It was the right choice, but that's not to say it was easy. Let's talk about it. Quitting When I decided to do something about my addiction, I had a few choices: Cut back the amount I was watching Quit cold turkey They both have …
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YouTube Addiction

Hi, I'm a YouTube addict. I know what you're thinking. That sounds like a joke. That you want a funny punchline to go with it. Me too. First time I noticed Truth is, though, I've had a problem for a while. I first noticed it back in 2011. Back then, I could feel it growing. I w…
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The goal is to nourish

I just finished watching the movie called Stutz, a movie created by Jonah Hill about his psychiatrist. Through the movie, Stutz gives bite-sized practices drawn from Buddhism, psychiatry, and his own experiments. One of the themes is to accept that connection is the goal (connect…
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Autism is everywhere and in everything

I've been thinking recently about being on the Autistic spectrum. But first, some trigger warnings: topics include some talk of sex and gender, emotional pain, burnout. I thought it was about sexuality, or gender, or... I've wanted to talk about this for a long time. Before com…
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How we judge things

I've been thinking recently... The good, the bad, and the average Do you ever wonder about how we judge things? By this I mean, let's say we go to a restaurant with a friend. The meal is going well enough, then towards the middle of the meal we try our friend's dish. Wham! It's…
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