Digital minimalism

This is my entry for this month’s Bear Blog Carnival, on the topic of staying connected while practicing digital minimalism. Thank you Juni for hosting the Carnival, and for choosing such a fascinating topic!Over the last two years, I have tried to be more intentional about the technology I use. I proactively ask myself the question “do I want to use this tool?” when it comes to websites and applications. When a tool makes me feel overwhelmed, or otherwise doesn’t feel like one I want to use, if the tool provides some meaningful benefit to me or a community I am in, I look for alternatives.I don’t necessarily strive for digital minimalism, but I do strive to use tools that allow me to be myself online, and allow me to express myself as I want. This means that I have stopped using several tools, like Instagram, that, while being useful at one point, no longer feel like a place I want to spend time.It takes me a lot of time to leave a digital tool. First, I need to become aware that a…