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Instead of spending my time writing comments on Reddit for the past couple days, I have instead invested my creative energy into outlining and starting to write a book. Just think of the thousands of comments I have left on this site over the past decade, the total word count of which could have rivaled Terry Pratchett's prolific writing career.

I always wanted to be an author since I was a teenager, however I instead directed my efforts towards video games and browsing the web.

My goal is to be a published author by the time I turn 30, so I have 1.25 years to get this done. This morning I am going for a hike and then will spend the rest of my day writing.

Good luck fellow nosurfers. It'

Some of us have come far with cutting down web usage with the help of r/nosurf, but still linger here hesitating, or trying and failing to take that final step. We continue to lose some of our daily time to surfing, less than before we found this place, though we desire to cut down more still.

We may often wonder, how do we take that final leap to using the internet only as a tool in the pursuit of our other goals and living a good life?

Ironically — but also logically — those who have that answer we seek would not be with us here on Reddit to share it.

So we continue to sit and scroll in self-help subreddits. Waiting for what, though? For that perfect post to come along, the magnum

You like to spend your days on Reddit, scrolling, reading comments, and engaging with other users (let's be honest, 90% of the time it turns into an argument)? But who are you actually interacting with behind the screen?

Reddit is the 8th most visited site in the US and by total visitor distribution, likely resembles a pretty average sample size of people skewing young, American, and male. But when you read or reply to any given comment on this site, you are not conversing with the average Redditor.

The 80-20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, is an aphorism which asserts that 80% of outcomes (or outputs) result from 20% of all causes (or inputs) for any given event. We don't nee

Go enjoy your Sunday instead of wasting it scrolling. Make some tea or coffee. Take care of some chores or errands. Do your holiday shopping. Play a game with a friend or loved one. Marvel at how many hours seem to be in the day when you're not burning 10–30 minutes on this shitty site multiple times per day.

Nothing that you read on Reddit today will be of any value to you. Neither now nor in the future. Because for as long as you've been on this site, you can't recall the last time it added tangible value to your life.

"But I found this post valuable!" you might say. To that I will respond that there's nothing profound here. I've told you nothing that you don't already know. Maybe I ju

Has anyone else with a less demanding job found that they've increased their internet browsing time while working from home? I wasn't able to work from home until the pandemic started. I've been full-time WFH for 1.5 years and will remain about 3 days per week WFH forever.

Of course, my job didn't suddenly become slow and boring with WFH. It's always been this way. It's more that, dicking off and browsing the web for 4 hours per day while in the office didn't feel as much of a waste, since I was "trapped" there anyway. Just something to pass the time, because you had to be present to get that paycheck. But there were other ways to kill time in the office like BSing with coworkers. Now that