personalFriday, June 26, 2026
Today's personal essays lean into small, deliberate changes: turning your phone grayscale to break addiction, or sitting still in meditation to confront your own mind. A satirical take on white oppression and a rant about computer prices add some edge.
Two pieces tackle the struggle to disconnect, one practical and one philosophical.
A straightforward guide to grayscale mode on phones, framed as a tool for reducing screen time and digital addiction. The practical steps are secondary to the idea that desaturating your screen can rewire your phone habit.
A meditation on shikantaza, the practice of 'just sitting', and how its simplicity makes it paradoxically hard. The author captures the frustration of trying to clear your mind and ending up trapped in a loop of self-judgment.
The day's more opinionated voices rail against hardware prices and mock identity politics.
A personal rant about the rising cost of computer components for a NAS build, blaming corporate greed. It's less about hardware specs and more about the feeling that building your own tech is no longer affordable or fun.
A satirical piece from 2018 that uses mundane childhood chores to mock claims of 'oppression of white America.' The humor is in the deliberate triviality, but the target is clear.
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