new weekend habit derailed by doomscrolling

on weekends i try not to be productive to offset the productivity i had during the week. i'm not sure that's the right thing.

i'm trying something new. i'm writing first thing in the morning this weekend. let's see how this turns out. well that's a lie, actually. i doomscrolled for the first hour of the day. it's just so easy and quick. one of the videos i saw today was an early 2000s excerpt of a comedy sketch on tv. it felt slow. it took its time for the set up. the punchline was good. i actually laughed - more than i'm used to in modern memes that are extremely efficient.

memes are easy fun. there's barely any friction from waking up, lying in your bed, to having a proportionate amount of entertainment. but then after it, you're not better off. it's not a morning meal that takes effort and results in sustenance and enjoyment. it's not a workout that's heaps of hardship but the challenge is rewarding and it feels cathartic afterwards. life doesn't really move forward when you doomscroll.

you just keep going down and down and down.

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