I’m back!

I decided to boot this thing back up again because I’m finding myself in a point of creative frustration. It’s been about a year since I probably even thought about this blog last and it’s been a good year. I got a job in Design – which has been really good for me. *update, literally EXACTLY a year ago tomorrow was the last time I posted on this thing… spooky…

I decided to continue this blog instead of stating a new one because I think this one is already full of rich and interesting thoughts that act as a nice base, backbone and foundation to what I would like to come next. This won’t be related to my uni major project but will be more reflective and may eventuate to some sort of design output/proposal/essay (who knows). This might be the only post I do but it feels nice, so I’m doing it.

I’m gradually despising social-media and my phone over the last year (ironic that I’m using a web/app based platform to dump my thoughts). For the last 3 and a half years I haven’t had the Facebook app on my phone and the Instagram app went a few months ago.
Being rid of the apps means I use them far less which is great but my thumbs are finding new ways to occupy my brain. I will reluctantly admit that I have started using a web browser on my phone to use facebook and instagram. Which kind of defeats the purpose of deleting the apps in the first place (kind of). The user experience is shit, it’s laggy and the features often don’t work which I hope will result in me using them less.
My thumbs have started using other stupid apps like tinder. Today I realised that tinder has absolutely no interest in finding you a partner. If you found a partner you wouldn’t see their ads anymore…
Whats worse is that they choose who you see, meaning it’s in their best interests to introduce you to people that don’t actually like you. To make you waste more time swiping through people who don’t like you back, and making you feel less ‘liked’ and more lonely.
You *need* their service more… Capitalism…
My thumbs have a mind of their own. They know where apps live without me consciously telling them where to go. This is beginning to frustrate me more than before because I don’t actually want to waste 15 or so minutes on an app but my thumbs do it anyway. I’ve created a subconscious habit. I want to CREATE a way to stop and help other people along with me. I want a world that isn’t reliant on phones and social media.

I want to talk about a range of things in this blog like the importance of creative outlets, nutrition, exercise, design-thinking, climate-change, social-issues, movie/documentary/youtube/TV-show/book/music reviews, anything that I feel like at that time; because I believe my interests are one in the same. I don’t really see where one interest begins and another ends. They are one and the same. Part of a spectrum. I guess this is a selfish blog. Just for me.

I’d like to mention that this blog won’t make sense and will be all over the place. Some posts will be long like this one and others I hope will be short. I also hope my writing quality gets better because I know I ain’t too good at that.

I hope that by writing this blog I spark new ideas and find some sort of overall theme that I can turn into a creative outlet and do good in this world.

Goodnight 🙂