The commodification of leisure is a trap we all fell into.
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The commodification of leisure is a trap we all fell into. There is something pure about keeping your joy offline and unindexed.
This mom gets it. We don't need likes to validate our experiences. I wrote about this previously too.
Windy city (@pheonix@hachyderm.io)
Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love. No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity. This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit. So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures. I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me? #creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness
Hachyderm.io (hachyderm.io)
#quoteoftheday #journaling #hobbies #digitalminimalism #books #reading #books #socialmedia #enshittification #capitalism #analog #culture #mentalhealth #adhd #mindfulness
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