I went a bit ANTISOCIAL & it was great.

A few weeks ago I decided it was time for a declutter, a life clearout event. Some have commented I do too much. Not sure I've ever been so inactive, must have come from a different world.

Anyway. I quietly removed myself from anything vaguely social especially those appy things, all except my favourite LinkedIn. Apparently this had people close to tears in some quarters and feelings of self-recrimination flowed back looking for answers, for which there was none. We're on a break, keep calm and carry on its going to be ok.

Its quite a liberating experience and facsinating how we cling to these little icons on the phone. My next move was to remove apps wholesale, this can only be described as a cull and in any other walk of life this would have been viewed as a murderous event. 100s of little icons went to their virtual graves, it was a very pleasurable experience.

I've banned my phone for life, no more social the relationship is an unhealthy one. the phone has 30 apps left and thats possibly way too high. 15 of those are on trial for their lives and will be for the noose if unused by christmas.

I'm not going hard line really, My Mac is the place for a couple of social apps with a fresh new profile. Because I've upgraded a bit in the last 20 years and good sense tells me to not go chasing after friends. Twitter for news and Facebook if someone wants to get in touch and has no another avenue, I feel a part of the amorphous empirical ecosystem and thats enough.

I don't think all that much has changed really on the output front or the external belief that there is too much going on. However I found it quite revealling going through another personal development plan, this time lead by LinkedIn learning. My interests had come together and have become very closely linked producing more opportunities, the focus is truely singular.

Technology our futures and the big problems thats where I want to be, investigating those areas and pushing those boundaries. Its perhaps beneficial to be a little bit social for that.