This goal is proving surprisingly hard. While once upon a time books and music provided me with some sort of magical escape from everyday life, I don’t feel particularly content in my own wee world anymore. When I’m online I feel… connected. Connected to people I care about, things I’m interested in, to a mind-bogglingly vast wealth of information. Connected to the world, essentially. Being alone means being lonely, which usually results in me wallowing self-pity and doing fuck-all else.

I’d like to remedy this situation but I’m not exactly sure how. Surely the first step is getting my arse away from a screen. The next (quite necessary) part is finding other interesting and fulfilling things to do.

So, let’s try Wednesday for a no-screen day. One day sounds a bit pathetic but since I can’t remember the last full day I spent offline or without watching television, I reckon it’s a good enough place to start.