Theartistjosko
Bio
In pursuit of my passion of expression through art, writing, poetry, architecture, photography, fashion and the beautiful things to see in this world.
Stories (17)
Filter by community
Finding clarity
It’s a strange sensation I woke up for the first time in months maybe in years feeling refreshed. Some time after six am in the morning and I woke up to todays world surrounds by the sound of birds chirping. The room felt brisk and I notice the sound of air moving in and up my noise canal into my sinus cavity and down my throat filling my lungs. I felt the weight of my blanket and the pocket of warmth that surrounding me in the coolness of my sheets as I began to move under them. I noticed my breathing again and took a deep breath in filling my lungs up and exhaled doing one of those breathing techniques for when you have anxiety attack.
By Theartistjosko2 years ago in Journal
A little help
How do we tackle a social media addiction? We know that platforms are intentionally designed for their product to be addictive. In that tech landcsape some are super addictive habit forming dopamine machines. So we are all addictive by its design when we start using these tools. There is no question about if it’s addictive. The real question is what level of addiction do you feel you have on a 1-10 scale. Level 1 being less addictive and level 10 your super addictive. Example of; can’t control your impulse’s, your on too long, memory retention problems, your experiencing anxiety, depression, emotional distress, unwanted thought and If your struggles feel sever please contact someone for help
By Theartistjosko2 years ago in Journal
(addiction)
Social media addiction: As I tried to create content and share content I became addicted to social media without even knowing it. The more I consumed the more addicted I was becoming and like quicksand the move I tried to control it the more I was sinking.
By Theartistjosko2 years ago in Confessions
iPod dreams
I wish Apple still made iPods. I regret not buying one when they started to discontinued these amazing devices. In my opinion it was a bad business move. I’m sure there is a market for people who still would buy a iPod device to keep in their car or in their gym bag to use solo at the gym or on a walk or a for a hike to escape the everyday hustle of life and its over connectivity.
By Theartistjosko2 years ago in 01
Pass the positivity
For most of my life I’m always thinking of positive ways that can help other humans. It started in childhood and as I got a little older, I always was looking for that big idea of grander to help make an impact with other humans like the invention of electric car or the thermos bottle. Always wondering about a major idea that can make positive change. I was dreaming of a monumental idea(s) that collectively could be a positive change for our species. Nothing big has ever come into fruition. But I realized you don’t need a massive invention to impact a change to makes peoples lives better. I lend to the idea that the real change happens in the small acts between human beings. In small actions between two people where in those interactions we can have life impact for just one person to ripple across time.
By Theartistjosko2 years ago in Motivation
Social media addiction
If you’re feeling consumed by social media and feel overwhelmed trying to take control of how much you use it; you are not alone. Many of us are noticing something is different with the tech we love. While the companies keep adding more features like their competition to keep us from leaving. We dive right into learning these new features that are over stimulating us, filling up our feeds with more ads and suggestions all design to keep our attention for their value. Seems that we got lost from the original intentions of social media and a simple photo sharing post. Even now we are full speed ahead creating or consuming content and jumping from one platform to another. Today something feels off from when we made our first posts with high engagements. Maybe you’re struggling to beat the algorithm because your views or likes have dropped and it’s taking a toll on your mood or mental health after all the time spent creating and curating content. Perhaps you feel like you developed terrible impulses control in the pursuit of likes and trying to grow in followers. Maybe you’re struggling with mindlessly scrolling through feeds stuck in a type of autopilot compulsion mode of just consuming content. Maybe you’re comparing yourself and your creativity to others and feeling down about yourself because your numbers are lower. Perhaps you feel your attention span has shortened and you find it difficult to concentrate as a side effect from over stimulation. Maybe you want more discipline on how much time you spend on your device yet you feel helpless because it’s feels like a struggle for you. In a world were we are all constantly consuming social media many of us have been dealing with some sort of over consumption of it and attempting to regain some control over of it.
By Theartistjosko2 years ago in Motivation
Magic Rain
My grandmother’s grandmother would tell her stories about a magical world that would appear when it rained. A world of magical creatures that wandered around us but invisible to the plain human eyes. She would listen to these stories that were passed down from generation to generation of women in our family handed down over time. Now she was telling me these stories a new generation in the family. She would paint a beautiful world before bedtime that made for amazing dreams.
By Theartistjosko4 years ago in Fiction
