Happiness is a Butterfly 💕

I keep exploring my new macro lens. It is very different from the vintage 50mm primes that I am used to. I am still tying to figure it out.

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I took a little, just 4-5 days, break from Flickr. I really enjoy Flickr community, but you still need to have some balance in how much time you spend online. Last week I read this study about Internet use and I cannot get it out of my head since:

 

"Digital reference library DataReportal in January released its annual Global Overview Report, revealing internet users ages 16 to 64 spend an average six hours, 40 minutes daily surfing the web on any device. That’s about 47 hours a week and 101 days a year. By this estimation, beginning at age 18, a person who lives to be 80 will have spent more than 17 years of their adult life using the internet. It’s worse in the U.S., with Americans spending an average seven hours, three minutes online a day—exceeding 18 years of their adult lives."

 

datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report

 

fortune.com/well/article/screen-time-over-lifespan/

 

It is a challenge to use internet in moderation. Back in 2019 I completely quit Facebook after reading "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport. I was thinking about it before I read the book, but the book pushed me over the edge and I have not looked back on Facebook since. Now I am once again working on limiting my internet use, Instagram in particular. It is a challenge, but a prospect of spending years of your life staring on the screen is kinda frightening.

 

NikonD7500

handheld

Nikon Micro-Nikkor 40mm F/2.8

f/5.6

1/200

40mm

ISO100

Done