I reached some sort of a breaking point with my phone last night. Again. I do this every now and then, become aware that I’ve “re-addicted” myself to my device(s) and am once again doomscrolling through endless mind-numbing crap to try and distract me from whatever is plaguing my mind at the time, be it things I should be doing, work, time with the kids who won’t stop shouting at their own devices or just good old plain boredom.
grovemade.com/studio-pa… I really wish I had unlimited money.
I love this - and as a Brit, I felt somewhat like this about John Major. I always found him a lot more engaging and interesting to listen to after he was Prime Minister. www.manton.org/2026/09/0…
This week I learned about Atelic Activities, or at least I learned the phrasing. I think we could all do with some more of this in our lives….
Currently reading: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 📚
As much as I love the idea on some days, shutting myself away from the world and living in a cave is, let’s be honest, not a realistic prospect. I am a real person, with a job and a family and responsibilities, and to that end, the hermit lifestyle, as tempting as it may seem some days, is not one I can embrace any time soon. I want to stay informed, I don’t want to be overwhelmed and the question of how to best consume news and other media without my brain turning into an oversaturated, overstimulated pile of mush at the end of each day is one I frequently wrestle with.
The NOVA classification is a method of grouping foods according to how processed they are, the extent to which they are processed and the purpose of the processing. There are 4 groups into which foods are classified. 1 Unprocessed or minimally processed foods 2 Processed culinary ingredients 3 Processed foods 4 Ultra-processed foods There is guidance in relation to these groups but the underlying broad recommendations are to make Group 1 foods the basis of your diet, use Group 2 for seasoning and cooking, limit Group 3 and avoid Group 4.
Sometimes… it’s enough to just be “Enough”.