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When I share stuff like this, I'm not telling you what to do, I'm sharing the info people send me, or I'm answering - factually - stuff people ask me about.

I haven't locked a single token, because I'm not sure yet if I want an allowance, or what the price of that allowance will be. Everybody needs to make their own assessment and answer *at least* the following questions: do you want an allowance for fun?  for the shared community experience? as a marketing expense for your profile/channel? or are you acting out of FOMO? do you understand anything can happen to the price while your tokens are locked up? do you accept that?

If anyone is still deciding on whether to stake or not - some thoughts about allowances to ponder....

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Thanks for sharing! 

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I put a bit in to be able to tip for fun :) not able to afford getting even close to a full allo

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Thank you, dear Callum! Yeah, hopefully things will change for the people who staked and they adjust the algo for it eventually.

It will be what it will be ✨ 

Maybe it’s a good season to take some time away from social media :) that’s kind of my thought, going to focus on writing more 

I just started bird by bird btw!

Well, that is what I am going to do. I didn't stake so i don't have an allowance this month. Except for a tiny Regen allowance that is only for two channels. I need time for other things, so maybe I should take an entire week off here to go cold turkey and break the addiction. I look forward to bird by bird. it's in my queue on Libby.

That sounds like a good plan to me! 

I would say follow what feels right ✨ 

You might find my latest podcast episode interesting actually, touches on some of these concepts

I will check it. I will have more time if I'm not on here all the time. I just have to make the decision to stop. It's hard. And here I am, still on here, but I'm writing to you, so that is a worthy thing! I just can't write to EVERYONE, if you get what I mean. When I come on here, I feel bad if I'm not interacting with everyone that I know and like.

I would say, imo, never feel bad about recognizing that you need time for yourself instead of for others

Have you tried time boxing? Eg, I’ll go on social media once a day for one hour, respond to everyone, then take the rest of the day off?

Yes, I did that for a few days, and then I reverted back to my usual behavior.  The extension of the claim to July 11 kind of threw me off it. So now is a good time to get back on. I limit my SM on my phone now to 45 min day, but I mostly get on here on my computer when I'm working or doing other things. I will try to not use for 3 days now. Then maybe post once per day and respond.

yeah that's fair, it's tough to not extend it on the computer I find, it's so easy to just open the tab haha

you can put locks on certain websites though so you can't access them for certain times of the day, have you tried those before?

No, I haven't, but I was looking into that and only found it for the phone. That's a good idea. It seems ridiculous that I would have to resort to such things.

something like this chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stayfocusd-block-distract/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en&pli=1

you can set a timer to stop your access to a website

i wouldn't say it's ridiculous! I think that puts a negative connotation on your own experience. I would say that social media is inherently addicting, which makes it difficult to be responsible with its usage. 

tools like stayfocused can help break the addiction, which will allow you to build your habits out in a healthier way in the future :) no need to be so hard on yourself

Thanks! I had closed this and came back to say I found some chrome extensions for that and voila, you had it here for me. Thanks!