#facebook break

I already had a timer for it because I have ADHD and sometimes time means nothing to me.

But seeing people I know IRL celebrating killers while the world looks more and more like a dystopian novel was the last drop.

Just logging off would not work for me so I deleted the app, deactivated the account and told myself I would stay away for 1 month.

It's been less than 3 weeks and I'm having a withdraw period.

Today I wanted to give in but then I saw this on Netflix.

I started watching it to distract my mind while I start a project that I definitely won't finish today.

Nothing they have said so far is news to me.

Poetry, Social Media, and Activism – guest blog post by Freesia McKee

Poets are sensitive people. Our work is devoted to cataloging observation and experience. We specialize in deliberating about what matters and promoting these findings. I believe that poets are also experts in the study of time. We know how to make time for an art that the world, as it is, largely ignores. We experience creative urgency.

Poets must engage with the world. We need to spend time…

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