I’ve now been back at work for a couple of days, and that
means I have much less ‘free’ time – time for hanging around when having a look
at Twitter seems a good idea.
I’ve found I’ve been out of bed quicker the last couple of
days – simply because I don’t have ten minutes of social media to do. Can’t say
I’ve really found a great way to use that time yet though. I listen to Radio 4
and drink tea, but rather than rushing for the train I’ve found myself with
plenty of time.
On the journeys to and from work I’ve been catching up with
the podcasts I didn’t listen to over Christmas, and picking up the German
Courses am doing on Memrise. It’s free and is definitely working, although as
with all distance learning the lack of a place to practice is what is missing.
I’ve tried a few of the language learning Apps. I actually
prefer DuoLingo but Memrise has so much more material and quantity has won out
over quality this time. I can’t use the app while walking, but still manage to
do between 30 and 50 minutes most days.
In the office we do of course have an IT policy but incidental
personal use is OK, so checking FB at lunchtime would be fine – plenty of
people seem to anyway. But the temptation just isn’t there – if I have ten
minutes there is plenty of proper news (or just look at Wikipedia and follow
the interesting links) without needing to reach for Twitter.
I am looking at less news – I’m getting the headlines but
not digging into more peripheral things that I would see because someone had
shared them on my timeline. This is what I had hoped – because much of that
will be ‘bubble’ stories – ones I am likely to agree with or be interested in,
because I have selected the people whose posts I see in the first place. It
leaves me worried about what I am missing though – is there really so little
happening (ex Trump’s latest Tweets*) in the world? It’s the first few days of
the year when everything is full of review and resolutions, so it’s possible,
but I worry I am missing something. I think I might try to find another
news-based podcast just to ensure I’m missing nothing that matters.
* Which I am of course only aware of due to the Main Stream
Media
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