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I decided to subscribe to digital accessible news papers with proper articles, a left-leaning, center and a right-leaning. While articles from public domains and opinions from online forums can at times give an idea about what goes on, a well researched and well expressed article by a paid media is very well worth the money spend.

So I dropped social media from my idle-time and and now read interesting articles and feel I have a much more in-depth knowledge on current important topics and less directed by sudden breaking news opinionated clickbait titles.

My battery usage says I spend around half my time on TikTok. I also spend some considerable time here on Lemmy and chatting on Discord, Signal, etc. The third place is for reading. Sadly, I spend more time than I would like on shopping apps, and the rest are usually in the '< 1%' (phone settings, e-mails, etc.).

I guess the only healthy suggestion is reading.

Reading articles and books

RSS feeds, Gemini and Gopher. Always good stuff there, and feels cosier than social media!

Lemmy (Summit) Open Sudoku

MTGA. Lots of fun.

Reading a paper book, playing balatro on mobile. I'm not using my phone as much, not with the current events happening.

Check if my apps are up to date. Then remind myself fun is in real life not my phone. I'm not being pedantic it just helps to focus on my real happiness and keeping my hands busy than not and dooming in my phone.

I have some novels on royal road i keep up with. But after than i enjoy the tranquility

In terms of chances:

• 90% Tiktok
• 8% Lemmy
• 2% YouTube

When I'm actively doing something (not just on my phone):

• 70% YouTube
• 10% Crunchyroll
• 5% Friends jellyfin servers
• 5% Netflix
• 10% Browser / Chatgpt / Termux / any other tool

I read lots of books. Libby is an app to electronically check out books from your local library for free. You can also read lots of amateur stories online on various sites. Royal Road has been one of my favorite sites for regular stories that you can read in public.

Nothing. I only use a gaming PC to go online, draw, and play games on. I rarely even use my phone...

I have miniflux setup for RSS feeds, and I'll doom scroll lemmy. For games I emulate old pokemon games. You can also just get lost in your thoughts for a bit too. It can really be good for your brain to just sit with your thoughts for a while.

Lately it's been sifting through IMDB collections to find movies to watch.

That or I check the groups I'm in to see what I'm late to the party on now.

Uhhhh

Play the NYT wordle, mini crossword, connections for the day. I have some small simple games that can be stopped at any time. My most played ones are cake sort, water sort, sudoku and sometimes minesweeper. Also scroll lemmy sometimes, it's small enough that it doesn't take long to see everything that is new, so there's no risk of getting sucked in for long

Don't replace social media with something else on your phone.

Put the phone down and walk away.

Lemmy mostly

Mostly tiktok scrolling. It's got a bad rep, but there's a huge amount of seriously talented people on there doing amazing and creative things. I'm a 50-something year old guy and it quickly figured out I like videos about mine explores and restoring vintage vehicles. Once you learn to downvote stuff you don't like, it's quick to learn and aside from the comment bots or obvious trolls (Typically pro-Russian or Pro-Trump, if there's a difference) it's generally a positive thing, in moderation.

I totally get your desire about avoiding socials and have experienced the mood swings it can bring too. That's made me quite tuned into how the algorithms are steering me. For me (and everyone's experience is different) - Facebook is mostly bland generic stuff but quite useful for local content - just avoid the drama llamas), and use an advert blocker. Reddit is mixed. I used to be on there a lot and contributed and modded a bunch of stuff, but quit for a year after spez screwed over the app people. I skim it a bit now, but don't give it much mind. X is awful, won't go near it. Lemmy is less of a shitpost zone than most but still has too few people to be significant. We're all helping with that though.

Lemmy aside, I think most algs will figure you out pretty quick. If you get involved in nasty commenting, it'll feed you more of that. If you do the odd positive thing (as I try to) then it can be less toxic - but with all things, remember why you're there. The more you feed it, the bigger to you it becomes. Balance is important, and be aware of how stuff is affecting you.

Anyway, beyond TT, crosswords, some news sites and the occasional candy crush.

Good question though, I'm reading other comments as it's harder to find stuff outside of the main channels now.

PPSSPP and Dolphin. Playing through the entirety of Paper Mario: TTYD, Luigis mansion, Sims 2, and Killzone wasted a good chunk of idle time for me.

I have a few dozen mobile games

I hang out with all y'all jokers on lemmy

I read ebooks.

Duolingo. My whole family has caught the bug. I hear the little ba-ding! noise from all corners of the house all evening long.

Y todavía no puedo hablar bien español 😕

Lemmy

Various solitaires via LÖVE Solitaire.

Simon Tantham puzzles

And, due to a Lemmy post I saw the other day, a game called Slice and Dice.

yucata.de (online boardgames)

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Simon Tatham Puzzles

Lichess app - Puzzle of the Day

Gurgle app (wordle)

https://wikitok.vercel.app/ (endless mood-scroll Wikipedia)