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Comment by purple-leafy

Hey I read your article.

Have you ever considered:

1) Ditching social media (everything - Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn - everything. I don't mean delete the app. I mean delete all your accounts, and all the apps. No going back.)

2) Ditching your smart phone (Buy a brick phone)

I'm completely serious. I'm currently living this way, the phone was a recent addition in the last month. But social media, has been for years. I don't watch TV segments either (news etc).

I spend almost no time on my phone now. I spend my time building things, coding things, learning things (University courses/papers). I'm planning on kicking things up a notch next year.

The horizon for my learning in 2025 is:

- Game programming in TypeScript/C#/.NET/Unity

- Modding existing games (C/C++/C#)

- Low-level Graphics programming in C/C++

- Embedded programming in C

- Small amount of electronics

- Small amount of Assembly

- Diving into Backend Programming and Testing (.NET)

- Fleshing out my browser extension (React/TypeScript)

- Gaming (Fallout 4, Stardew Valley, Minecraft)

- Picking up University Papers (Probably Computer Science, Electronics, Machine Learning)

You should email me if you have any questions <hello> @ <PAPILLON><sOfTWaRe> <DOT> <dev>

If not, consider trialling, I mean REALLY trying the no social media and dumb phone thing.

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