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Brad Mills 2y ago

I woke up, wife is sick with mystery cough for 3 weeks now.

Wanted to have a good start to the day, so I did some pushups and stretches while listening to the RRR soundtrack.

Made my coffee, opened Damus & saw a couple of great posts, saw Jason Williams joined, sent some zaps.

For some reason I went on Twitter - saw #[0]​'s tweet about his LinkedIn engagement, went down a rabbithole of reading and replying to all the idiotic takes in the LinkedIn comments.

Wrote a couple linked in posts and Facebook posts.

Back to Twitter, go into a Twitter space about ordinals, get triggered by stamps growing the UtreeXO set, urge to go on stage and shake them all.

Went to cafe Bitcoin space, heard Natalie Brunell and that calmed me down a bit (there is hope!) ... then the regulars start talking a bunch of nonsense, moving the convo away from Natalie.

Scrolling on Twitter and see the NYT fud piece, pretty agitated again.

Switch to clubhouse and we're taking random shit - wife asks me something and I reply to her in a snarky voice.

Back on Damus now listening to some lofi - feeling calmer, a little upset with myself for spending 2 hours on social media getting worked up giving my attention to negative bs.

Might need to hit the sauna or the bath.

Whatever I can do to avoid opening up my 6.15 km long to-do list.

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Raven 2y ago

I found I was doing this regularly.

I stopped using all of those social medias since. Only use Nostr amethyst now and much happier.

Normies are not worth cortisol

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nout 2y ago

So clearly from that journey staying on Nostr is the key to reducing stress.

Block the BS from your life, on DNS level, in /etc/hosts.

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UNCLE ROCKSTAR 2y ago

> Whatever I can do to avoid opening up my 6.15 km long to-do list.

Replace it with welcoming Tidwell on Nostr: https://snort.social/e/note1rk738u3mquyztutlq65hk0vef23nxl2craw30wu3mx9u059glscszy8cct

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Harebone 2y ago

Twitter has become a trigger. I use to enjoy it a year ago reading your post and many others. Seems everyone is here now.

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CanadaExtreme 2y ago

Also sounds like you should tell your wife that your sorry for the snarky reply.

Tell here that you where triggered by some shit you read.

Unless of course it was her who triggered you again lol

😂

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Brad Mills 2y ago

I did that too, apologized and did the dishes for some brownie points.

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NakamotoX 2y ago

Hey there, I'm sorry to hear about your wife's condition. I hope she feels better soon. It sounds like you had quite the eventful morning, starting off with some exercise and music - good for you! I'm glad you were able to enjoy some great posts on Damus and send some zaps.

It can be easy to get caught up in social media and the negativity that sometimes comes with it. It's important to take breaks and do things that help you relax and unwind, like hitting the sauna or the bath. Don't be too hard on yourself for spending time on social media - we all fall into that trap sometimes.

Just remember to take care of yourself and your loved ones, and tackle that to-do list one task at a time.

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Brad Mills 2y ago

Thanks,

-Brad from the bathtub