Radio Silence

Well hello.

This is not a return return. It’s simply an update from my corner of the universe, that you may or may not be interested in. Who knows?

But, as you do know, I’ve been taking a break from writing this blog, as I pondered upon what I wanted to do with myself in the online world and beyond. I think a general weariness of all things digital, all thing informational, was playing out. I wanted to simplify.

After a while I came to the initial conclusion that I would place all my creative output on the SubStack platform, if you’ve heard of it. It’s primarily for writers. But it also seems to be OK for music and other creative outlooks. And it’s a kind of social media as well, with, generally, a better vibe than some of the usual suspects.

Anyway, that was the plan - to unify my “online presence”. So I got my SubStack subscription, wrote a couple of things and then…

…well then, I suddenly realised something, and it is this:

On a personal level I very much feel the need, a compulsion, to have a complete reset of some kind. Tinkering at the edges of a simpler life, and a simpler outlook, hasn’t really been getting to the root of things for me.

So…. Well, like many of you I remember the days before The Mighty Internet came into our lives. If feels like a distant dream. Did that really happen? Did we really manage without? Well, of course we did. But it is hard to imagine now.

Never-the-less, I have been imagining. And what I have imagined, is a whole year without the Internet.

Next year in fact. 2026.

So that is what I’m going to do. The Internet is now so ubiquitous that is almost impossible to make it a completely Internet dry year. But for the most part, yes, it will be.

Ironically, I’m writing about this now, mainly for my own benefit, on the aforementioned SubStack. If you missed me at all (hey, I hope you have, at least a tiny bit) then you can catch me blethering on there about this decision. Until the end of the year.

And then …. well Radio Silence. For at least 2026. Unless, that is, you have, or want to have, contact with me on WhatsApp, which I am going to continue using for keep in touch with friends and family from a distance. It’s a bit of a cheat, but feels the right thing to do. I’m not a compete luddite.

So do feel free to get in touch via WhatsApp. And of course in the physical world, I will still be around. Hopefully! LOL.

I’m excited to take this step to be honest. Really looking forward to it.

Is it a typically grand and meaningless gesture. Probably. Will I miss out on everything that’s happening? Possibly. Though I doubt it.

But mainly I’ll still be alive and breathing and experiencing whatever it is that I experience.

Love to all.

David