I am in Copenhagen, sitting in front of gate C39, waiting to board to my flight to Los Angeles in more than an hour.
I am spending this time reading through my RSS Feed in search of past posts with interesting content. A very easy operation.

The first thing that stands out, as it has been for the past 20 years, is its completely slow and private nature, totally focused on my interests and the people who have chosen to share a slice of their interesting life online.

Completely opposite to social media. Completely opposite to clinging to an ephemeral space where only the here and now really matters. Where memes, extremism, and exaggerations truly rule.

Among the posts from the past few days, there's one from Louie Mantia, in whose paragraphs I see myself reflected entirely.

Maybe it’s social media that’s getting in the way. It’s demanding of my time and my energy. It distracts me. It takes me away from making. I can’t stop bad things from happening. I can’t stop people from picking fights on the Internet. I can’t stop unwanted replies. I can’t stop anything. The best I can do is make good things. And that’s what I want to do. It’s what I’m best at, and I want to maximize the amount of time I’m able to spend doing it.

Same here Louie, same here. I want to focus on games, playing them, talking about them, know interesting people thanks to them. Which is the thing I really enjoyed doing lately, and that is also why I posted less over here.

Maybe, hopefully, that one change will free me from spending so much time on social media, absolve myself from replies, and give myself the time to focus on the things I actually like to do. I want to make icons. I want to make playing cards and fonts. I want to experience things that inspire me to make those things. And I think this is the way.

I have the great fortune of having turned my passion into a job. It took time, but this past month and the many work-related events that happened have made me reflect on my priorities and learn to put first what I love to do and what makes me a better person: my family, gaming, this blog, nature.

My refocusing begins here.