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So far it's pretty illuminating. I tried the "rationing" approach many times - where you turn off notifications, etc. and try to white knuckle it. Lots of parallels to chemical addiction, too - which is kind of terrifying!
It was such an honor and a privilege to meet you on Friday at TFAW. You are as kind and pleasant as you are talented, and I think you are EXTREMELY talented! I look forward to having the opportunity to meet you again someday. Until then, safe travels and keep up the excellent work both in your personal and professional life.
Your efforts to reduce your digital engagement have definitely inspired me rethink my own consumption. It’s so easy to find yourself aimlessly browsing social media, when that time could be put to much better use.
Good luck with your struggle buddy. It seems like those who have the best work ethic tend to be the same people who fall victim to time suck systems. I frequently forget to be in charge of my own time as well. Things are definitely designed to keep the masses busy / distracted. I don't think it ends with social media, news, or politics either. But the simple fact that you need to remind yourself of is that you are in charge and you can spend your time however you please. Just remember not to completely abandon your goals.
Cant wait for TNHOTL this week! picked up the Newport book as well working on unplugging form the hospital and being present with the fam, deleted a bunch of apps, and working on actually getting a wallet again and expelling my phone/wallet.
*Side Quest(ion): in TNHOTL Walter's college room is batmanned out and one of my fav panels from the series, was this similar to your own college dorm/living space?
I definitely had a TDK poster on the wall of the dorm room I shared with the real life person Rick is based on, but the set-up in the comic was all the evil genius of Alvaro! I WISH I had a dorm room that cool.
Not sure where to put this (i thought there was going to be an FAQ but now i can't find it) - Anyway....
Any update on getting our home addresses for us Founding Members?
Initially it sounded like the Founding Members were getting already existing books from your storage locker. But then a recent email update (can't find it) made it sound like we were only getting new not already existing books. Please clarify.
Pretty same like you, James about looking activities far from social media. In the last year and a half I've been practising Mountain bike 3 times a week and, obviously I have the iphone with me because to have an accident it's a real possibility, but I absolutely don't check any social network when I biking. I practice enduro mountain bike, so I need to be 100% focused in terrain features, so I need to avoid any distraction. It's very similar feeling to practising snowboard, another of my hobbies... summarizing: 50% of landscape enviroment awe, 50% developing my riding skills, no place to digital distractions. Benefits aren't just the obvious physical, also for my state of mind. It's an absolute restart of my system. it's curious that after an entire morning biking, I'm able to draw an entire page on the afternoon, extremely focused and without checking social media, when in a normal day I spend the entire day. That means I lose a lot of time in internet and losing concentration easily in the days I'm not biking.
I love moments of sychronocity where you and I are on the same vague wavelength. I also read My Freind Dahmer for the first time 3-4 weeks ago. I'm not a serial killer fan so I'm do not watch those documentaries, podcasts, etc. But something about that story in comic book form made it worth a look. And I found it riveting, and I think I liked it becuase it was so human, it had basicall nothing to do with Dahmer's murders and was only a human story from before he became a monster.
Just read TNHotL 4 - loved it. Best new comic book series the industry has seen in years (no offense to your other work). It's a new classic in the making. - Wanted to pop in to say that while I do find it difficult to keep track of the names (other than Ryan because she left such an impression in Issue 1) - I had a sense of everyone's basic relationships and roles..... OTHER THAN the suicidal red-head in this issue. After looking at this alternate cover (wish it was a standard cover and not an incentive) I recall her and her roomate as having gone to high school with Norah and one of them (I think the not red-head) dated Norah back when Norah was a boy.
Which is a long way of me saying - huge cast but I was keeping them all straight other than suicidal red-head, and now I know what her deal is. :)
Thanks for the Nice House character image, was just mapping that out myself. So that’s where the deprivation tanks in issue 2 come from eh!
Just picked up Digital Minimalism - this is the book I've been waiting for! Thanks for the tip.
Let me know how you like it!
So far it's pretty illuminating. I tried the "rationing" approach many times - where you turn off notifications, etc. and try to white knuckle it. Lots of parallels to chemical addiction, too - which is kind of terrifying!
Bless ups for TNHOTL character guide!
This newsletter was way too relatable. Found myself nodding along repeatedly like a damned bobblehead. Love it, James.
Thank you!!!
It was such an honor and a privilege to meet you on Friday at TFAW. You are as kind and pleasant as you are talented, and I think you are EXTREMELY talented! I look forward to having the opportunity to meet you again someday. Until then, safe travels and keep up the excellent work both in your personal and professional life.
Thank you so much for coming out!!
Your efforts to reduce your digital engagement have definitely inspired me rethink my own consumption. It’s so easy to find yourself aimlessly browsing social media, when that time could be put to much better use.
Good luck with your struggle buddy. It seems like those who have the best work ethic tend to be the same people who fall victim to time suck systems. I frequently forget to be in charge of my own time as well. Things are definitely designed to keep the masses busy / distracted. I don't think it ends with social media, news, or politics either. But the simple fact that you need to remind yourself of is that you are in charge and you can spend your time however you please. Just remember not to completely abandon your goals.
Cant wait for TNHOTL this week! picked up the Newport book as well working on unplugging form the hospital and being present with the fam, deleted a bunch of apps, and working on actually getting a wallet again and expelling my phone/wallet.
*Side Quest(ion): in TNHOTL Walter's college room is batmanned out and one of my fav panels from the series, was this similar to your own college dorm/living space?
I definitely had a TDK poster on the wall of the dorm room I shared with the real life person Rick is based on, but the set-up in the comic was all the evil genius of Alvaro! I WISH I had a dorm room that cool.
Not sure where to put this (i thought there was going to be an FAQ but now i can't find it) - Anyway....
Any update on getting our home addresses for us Founding Members?
Initially it sounded like the Founding Members were getting already existing books from your storage locker. But then a recent email update (can't find it) made it sound like we were only getting new not already existing books. Please clarify.
Thanks,
This is my favorite. Robert K. Ressler
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
We’ll just bought 3 more graphic novels to follow up my Ed Gein Kickstarter read. Sunk into the true crime genre as well.
Shoutout to Sam for helping us get SIKTC, forever in debt <3
Pretty same like you, James about looking activities far from social media. In the last year and a half I've been practising Mountain bike 3 times a week and, obviously I have the iphone with me because to have an accident it's a real possibility, but I absolutely don't check any social network when I biking. I practice enduro mountain bike, so I need to be 100% focused in terrain features, so I need to avoid any distraction. It's very similar feeling to practising snowboard, another of my hobbies... summarizing: 50% of landscape enviroment awe, 50% developing my riding skills, no place to digital distractions. Benefits aren't just the obvious physical, also for my state of mind. It's an absolute restart of my system. it's curious that after an entire morning biking, I'm able to draw an entire page on the afternoon, extremely focused and without checking social media, when in a normal day I spend the entire day. That means I lose a lot of time in internet and losing concentration easily in the days I'm not biking.
curious whether you will write a story on social media...i know you have Dept of Truth……
I love moments of sychronocity where you and I are on the same vague wavelength. I also read My Freind Dahmer for the first time 3-4 weeks ago. I'm not a serial killer fan so I'm do not watch those documentaries, podcasts, etc. But something about that story in comic book form made it worth a look. And I found it riveting, and I think I liked it becuase it was so human, it had basicall nothing to do with Dahmer's murders and was only a human story from before he became a monster.
Just read TNHotL 4 - loved it. Best new comic book series the industry has seen in years (no offense to your other work). It's a new classic in the making. - Wanted to pop in to say that while I do find it difficult to keep track of the names (other than Ryan because she left such an impression in Issue 1) - I had a sense of everyone's basic relationships and roles..... OTHER THAN the suicidal red-head in this issue. After looking at this alternate cover (wish it was a standard cover and not an incentive) I recall her and her roomate as having gone to high school with Norah and one of them (I think the not red-head) dated Norah back when Norah was a boy.
Which is a long way of me saying - huge cast but I was keeping them all straight other than suicidal red-head, and now I know what her deal is. :)
Not sure if in the same vein as I don't know the secret project but Nick Spencer and Riley Rossmo's Bedlam was a pretty fantastic serial killer read!!