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Recently, after i started getting deeper into digital minimalism, i decided to take my PC in a place where i do not have access to a wifi in my home.I am a porn addict, and while it wasn't an issue to quit scrolling on social medias for me, i have been trying to quit porn for 6 years without many results.That originally led me to get an e ink smartphone which is serving me incredibly well, it reduced the amount of time doing pointless activities on it tremendously. And the most important thing is it actually helped me start reading. I used to read 2 books in a year maybe, now i already read 10 books in 3 months. That's because it is literally the only thing you can do on that, and it made wonders for me.I would ideally love to try simply living without a wifi at home at all, but i still live with my family so this is just the best compromise i could find. Getting my PC far away from my modem, so i couldn't connect. Alongside with asking my family to set a pin on all of their devices. (Yes i am quite desperate).But after just 4 days i found myself seeking for the only point in my room where my phone can get a signal, and using it as an hotspot to binge on porn (i am talking of hours and hours of use).And yes, i can tweak it more to disable the tethering android package, but what would stop me from just downloading it back again? (i cannot permanently disable it).The only real reason why i wanted to keep a PC is because i like the Linux ecosystem, i like the concept of open software and to mess with technology in general. Technology is empowering in so many aspects, but dreadful in so many others. So i always used my "conscious" time on my computer to learn about it, to manage my own self hosted server so i could get away from this nightmare of profiling, privacy violation and addiction which is the modern web. I used it to build my own network of little tools i could use to get safer and more private online, i used it to learn how it can serve as an actual tool that can help you getting where you wanna go in life.I used it to hack my phone to make it even more minimal, i used it to learn about programming a bit and in some way i would love to learn more about that. I would like to contribute to make hardware, software and the internet a better place. I feel like the world needs better than what we have now. I am reading the story of Linus Torvalds (the Linux inventor) and it fascinates me how he literally produced one of the most used operative systems just to have fun.But holy fuck i just can't if i can access porn and all the other shit online that can distract you every time. I literally can't have control over these things. They can grab me from my most productive day and send me into a rabbit hole which lasts hours. It gets all the time and focus i could have dedicated to things i love and destroys 99% of it.I figured out that as soon as i have an easy access to a LED screen connected to the internet, that would 99% bring me to this type of behavior.Yes, maybe i could get an incredibly expansive e ink monitor too, but i am to a point i am considering if it even can be worth it to get involved in all of this at all.After all i feel much better when i stay outside, when i move, i would ideally like technology to be something to help me live MORE like that, by providing information and tools needed to build the life i want and become more and more independent. But while it definitely became much more near to that aspect thanks to my new phone, it still is unbalanced.I am so tired you can't even imagine. And i'm just 24yo. I can't believe i gifted my adolescence and part of early twenies to medias, i want this to stop. And i mean fully stop. I am tired of ways in between that just end up not working. It's one thing to be a digital minimalist if you just have a bad habit, but it's a whole other matter if you are addicted from since you were a child.After all i have other hobbies as well.Should i just get rid of my PC entirely?
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