Your life doesn't have to be constantly changing to be moving forward. (This also applies to your website.) Sometimes you get to a plateau and life is more about exploring the life you've built, not about building on top of it.
Intentionally slowing down the pace of your life is difficult in many ways, not just as it relates to work or productivity culture. You have to learn the power of limits (and not view them only as frustrations). You also have to learn to embrace inconvenience. Most of all, you need to learn how to articulate it because not everyone gets it, and your "slower pace" can often be misinterpreted as "isolation."
I numb out into TV/movies as much as I numb out into my phone. Sometimes I wonder if the 'issue' is the device or if the issue is that I'm very good at ignoring stuff. I think it's a combination of both and my path to find balance is better for me than a path to total elimination.
Life with less social media feels clear, free, thoughtful, and (as a negative) not funny enough. I've now gone 2 years with intentionally less social media in my life and I'm seeing major impacts on motivation. I feel bored, then I want to do something else. Feels a lot more like normal life, like I'm resting when I'm not doing anything - and less like a life driven by anxiety or habit. On the flip side, I'm laughing a lot less every day and I miss laughing at things I see online all day every day. I do not miss the anger.
If my supplies aren't organized, it'll be hard to do anything. I've been getting back into physical hobbies as well as digital ones, and in both cases I've had to take time to organize my setup and make sure I can find everything. Otherwise, I won't do it.
2025 tested my patience, giving me a months-long HVAC saga and no A/C in spring or summer on top of hits on my professional (and therefore financial) stability. By the end of the year I was at my limit and being kind of an ass to people who were also probably at their limit (my entire company had to endure the professional hit). I did what I needed to do to take care and get the rest I needed, but I still have a lot to learn about managing and regulating myself during stressful life events.
I have curated a very good community with the social depth and physical presence I desire. I am very happy with the amount of time I spend alone vs with others, whether they are friends, family, or new people to talk to for a while. What I have (and want) goes against the grain and 2025 was all about learning to articulate those boundaries and help people understand who I am and how I live.