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Mimy’s journal

Nurturing Your Digital Garden with Purpose

Chronically Online Series: The Saved Folder, Social Media with Intention, Daily Screen Time, Scrolling and The Addiction to Short Form Content

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Apr 12, 2025
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I know I’m not the only one almost all of us are constantly online, living in a swirl of digital clutter. I have so many saved posts on Instagram, endless videos bookmarked on TikTok, full YouTube playlists to watch later , my Twitter is filled with saved threads, Reddit saves packed with perfume recs I need to check on Fragrantica.

I’ve saved job offers on LinkedIn, scholarships I was supposed to apply to, Pinterest boards full of chaos and way too many books , I collect articles from random websites that seemed important in the moment but now just sit unread in tabs or folders

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It’s making me so anxious. I feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, like my brain is constantly buffering. And I’m seriously trying to find ways to stop to break the habit of saving everything for later and start living more in the now.

It's not just on social media apps I have this problem on Spotify too, where I’ve saved podcasts to listen to since 2022 and still haven’t gotten around to an…

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