I’m using Loop Habit Tracker for a while now, which helps adopt some good habits and quit some bad ones.
I don’t know if using it to set up a reminder to simply put away your phone will help much, but you could set reminders to go out for a walk, do some yoga or meditation or prepare a healthy snack.
Now my resolutions for 2018 are:
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(Almost) completely banish proprietary spyware from my life.
- I recently switched from a MacBook to a Why!OpenComputing ubuntu Laptop, but I still have a lot of Data and Apps on my Mac that I haven’t yet successfully transferred and it will still be a lot of work.
- I’m using a minimal amount of proprietary software on my Lineage FP2 and keep all these apps from phoning home as well as possible.
- I’m currently trying to find free alternatives to some proprietary webservices, like imdb, whosampled and alternativeto.
- And I’d love to find a way to get around capchas if I try to register for a site, as capchas are blocked if you block G%§$e via hosts file.
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Become a better vegan
- I’m a vegan for a few years now and almost since the beginning it’s not just about food, but there are still some fields where I haven’t yet found a truly vegan way (e.g. pest control).
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Become politically active
- As I mentioned before I recently joined the Vienna Greens and I’ll soon attend my 3rd meeting where I can make a request for full membership. I’ll then have to find my place in the party and ways to contribute.
- 2018 and the following years will be a harsh time for minorities and lefties in Austria, with a Neo-Conservative-Nationalist-Coalition in government and only one (central-)left party in the parliament. So without activism, demos and grass-roots movements I think we can say goodbye to many of the great things Austria always stood for.
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keep my transition on track
- As you all know I am transgender, but I’m still very much at the beginning of my journey and I still have a long way to go (I actually thought it would go a little bit faster). I guess the most work I still have to put in is into voice training and then maybe some time this year I can start presenting myself as a woman in public.
I guess my Fairphone can help with some of that …