I've been getting rid of my digital self, not just because of the whole spying thing (though that doesn't help), but because I'm just tired of it. I deleted my Facebook account, I had an account here that had over 100K karma and years worth of (mostly worthless) posts, I deleted that. I'm getting rid of my smartphone and just going with something cheap. I also got rid of cable. I'm also considering getting rid of my XB1, but I haven't pulled the trigger on that one (though I am bored of gaming).

I'm 35, I was a software developer for the last 15 years, but I was recently laid off. I took a HUGE pay cut and started working at my cousin's warehouse where he buys things from estate sales, auctions, etc, we recently found a lot with basically every TIME magazine going back from the 20s, all the way to early 2000s, he paid $10 for the lot and we'll turn it into $15K by the end of it (some of these alone we have sold for upwards of $300-$700). I'm the guys sorting through and organizing all the magazines, its so awesome rummaging through all of these old relics, and [he's even nice enough to let me keep some real goodies!]().

I used to have a big house and expensive cars, and I made WAY more money than I do right now, but I hated my life and I think a big reason is because I spent so much of it staring at pixels. I'd rather live well enough but happy than well off (money-wise) but miserable.

With each electronic dependency I get rid of it feels like a bit of weight has been lifted off, now I'm cycling, taking walks, doing blue collar work, it's awesome.

I'll always have a computer, they are great for tapping into the massive wealth of human knowledge, but I'm definitely toning it back a lot. I'm just sick of all the flashing pixels.