Similar to what I was doing, am doing, these days. In STL, everything was ONLY online. Now I volunteer and meets neighbors 90 mi south of there in a rural area. Online, I have the position of lurk/read/comment and little else. The Internet (for me) is media - find yt videos, download them. Find music, download it. Find written articles and things of interest, download them. IRC I mostly lurk, a few Linux forums, Midnight, Nightfall City, and write a thing (here) now and again.
Sometimes sitting in a dark room or a 2AM patio with coffee and a cig for an hour+ at a time to just "not do a thing" is what makes me happy.
Balance
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precisely this
i keep the internet
at arm's reach
only using it
it ala carte
as needed for
communication
education
and some (light)
entertainment
my grandpa always said
about tv
'ain't nothin' on that tube worth staying up for'
same with the internet
there isn't anything so important online
that superseeds real life
i use the internet but don't let it use me
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