I feel this way. I used to spend so much time online, learning, coding, playing. Through the dot com boom and bust. Through the financial crisis after financial crisis. Web 2.0. Social media.

I’ve checked out on pretty much everything except for OSS.

I’m looking for land and an RV to start homesteading because I feel like that’s the only thing that will distract me from doom scrolling news.

> I’m looking for land and an RV to start homesteading because I feel like that’s the only thing that will distract me from doom scrolling news.

One anecdote: An old acquaintance from college did something like this, more or less. Instead of making her more offline, it made her more bored and more removed from in-person social interactions. It only increased desire to scroll online content.

If you really want to be less online, go out into the world with other people and do things. Or even just join an initiative or company where people are working on something together.