Today I’m contemplating my routines.

Routines are very useful shortcuts or mental heuristics that allow us to function more efficiently. Routines are rigid by nature, and classically associated with adult thinking. Non routine behavior or thinking is more typical of children and is more plastic/fluid.

Given the inherent advantages and disadvantages of routine behavior then, it is useful to sometimes stop and think about their relative merits as we will inevitably develop a few nonproductive or unhealthy ones along the way.

The one that most recently has given me reason to pause is posting to #nostr.

In addition to taking the occasional break from posting here, I also regularly ask myself why I bother to do so at all. I fortunately don’t have any other social media and never will.

As for why I bother, I’m really not sure. I recognize the typical social media behaviors in myself, such as enjoying a reply or occasional zap. I also tend to post far more controversial content than most, so there is the possibility that I enjoy the opportunity to say things anonymously that would get me punched in the face in real life.

So therein lies the partial truth of it anyhow, the beauty of social media and #nostr for me lies in its anonymity and the fact that I’m not generating yield for some corporate monster like Facebook or Twitter with my thoughts. I also genuinely need the catharsis that comes with screaming into the void.

What’s your reason?

#thinkdangerously

#grownostr