#to fully catch up to my last post from previous blogging session which i kinda use as my ''wall''

[cigaretteparfum]

on android at least from version 10 upwards, your OS should have this thing called Digital Wellness that can be found on your Settings.

[ID: Android 11 settings page screenshot on my device, a Realme 3 Pro, where "Digital Wellness & parental control" is located between "App Management" and "Battery" settings.]

this is what the Digital Wellness settings page looks like:

[ID: Digital Wellness page screenshots.]

at the top is the diagram showing what apps you've been using for this date with the total hour spent on all of them cummulatively at the centre. if you click on that, or the "Dashboard" settings below it, you'll be taken to another page where you can set duration limit for each app's usage.

[ID: Digital Wellness' Dashboard page.]

click the hourglass icon to the right of the app to set the time limit. your options range between 0 hour and 0 minutes to 23 hours and 55 minutes. limit will be reset at midnight, your device time.

[ID: Application timer settings, this one is set for YouTube. the default time limit is 30 minutes.]

now, if you've set this, whenever you've hit the time limit whilst using the app, it'll automatically close and get blocked from usage. worthy of note that the time limit works with a 24 hour duration and only reset at midnight. that is to say, if you set the time limit for Tumblr at 1 hour, after you've used the app for 1 hour in a day then it won't be accessible anymore until past midnight.

Wverlaek's Block app for Android does the exact same thing, but with an additional feature of the ability to set timer for each hour instead of one whole day (though the daily block option is also available). so if you set the time limit for Tumblr at 25 minutes per hour, the timer is reset at the next hour. useful for apps you kinda do still need at the regular but can also easily suck you down an endless rabbit hole, e.g. Wikipedia.

additional note: Block also has the feature to: 1) make it so that upon phone reboot, app blocks immediately resume instead of you needing to manually reactivate them by opening the app; and 2) make it so that the app is unable to get uninstalled just for that extra measure in case you have times where you're so desperate to get your digital fix that you'd rather just uninstall the app instead of waiting for the limit to reset. (<-definitely have had that happened to me before.)

there are multiple Firefox add-ons with the same function. LeechBlock was what i used back when i still had a laptop (lol rip in peace). as far as i remember it worked similarly to Wverlaek's Block with both the daily limit and hourly limit features available.

anyway, endless scrolling can definitely be dangerous (no hyperbole; just look at all effects of doom scrolling, majorly sponsored by endless scrolling) and it's preferable that it's an optional feature. but until all sites and apps actually implement a toggle to turn it on/off, then i'd highly suggest at least giving app limits a try.

p.s. thowwy apple users i got nothing for you.

[horanghater]

tumblr year end review

tagged by @lavienjin, @ressjeon, @missgeniality & @jjksblackgf!

tagging: anyone who wants to do it (if they haven’t already - I’m just late lol)

rules ; post the top 5 works you're most proud of that you released this year (not necessarily your most popular), your top 4 current WIPs that you're excited to release in the new year, your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year, your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year, and your number 1 favorite line you've written this year!

session number six - it’s very short and sweet~ and while it may not be the greatest fic in the universe, it was my first after not writing for years. so to me it’s special just because it marked a return to a beloved hobby :)

bullhonkey bullrider - this was easy to conceptualize and tough to write because I was worried by characterization or seokjin would be too...goofy? but I surprised myself and like how he turned out! 

selfless, selfish - it’s not done yet (trying to finish it all at once and then will space the parts later), but I’m obsessed with this concept. just a perfect storm for shenanigans.

croquembouche - this is my best-performing work to-date and I’m pleasantly surprised!! I didn’t think that it’d be well-received because of the....all of it? when it comes to smut, I generally try to write what I’m most familiar with, but I know very little about food fetishes so this was a risky one. but it looks like I did something right and I’m very grateful for the support :) 

overture - it’s simple, it’s nasty. it’s extremely self-indulgent and I have 0 regrets putting this into the universe. 

4 current WIPS i’m excited to release (also in no order):

ocean view - it’s turning out to be more serious than originally intended, but I think it will be really good if I can pull it off!

untitled sope - don’t ask me what I’m doing yet because idk either, but it’s gonna be good

part 2 of a previous oneshot! I would really like to continue bullhonkey, say less, or expectations. just not sure which. (if anyone has a vote, I’d be glad to count it!)

undecided - do you see a theme? lol I actually tend to not start a wip until I at least have a loose plot figured out. my prompt list is ridiculous though. I’d like to take one of those and combine it with a kink I haven’t written on this blog yet, but there are so many options out there! open to suggestions for that too! if I don’t get any, though, it’ll just come down to whatever catches my interest 😈 

3 biggest improvements

just coming back to writing is an improvement! I genuinely did miss it.

definitely my humor. I wasn’t really one to insert much of it into fics before, but I concentrated on changing that to help make things more engaging.

characterization. once I choose how I want a character to act in a piece, I fully commit to it - even when it makes that character unlikable. it’s really easy to stop things at chaotic good, but I think they’re more believable when they’re flawed and kinda shitty. 

2 ways i wish to improve my writing

length. my fics are starting to get longer and I think it’s just because I’m slowly getting back into things. and that’s nice and length doesn’t actually matter, but I want to challenge myself by writing at least 1 fic that’s like 10k words or more.

I want to nail down my writer voice! still working on finding it and that makes me itchy. seems like it might be something that just....comes to me over time? hoping that time is this year!

1 favorite line i wrote last year

just this 1 little line from selfless, selfish that I think sets the tone for that universe’s Tae so well. and in context with the rest of the dialogue, it jut gives me a giggle 😄

“Funny you ask. This is also a guy.”

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THANK YOU to everyone that has read any of my fics, sent kind messages, or put up with me on discord!! fanfiction is something that I firstly write for myself, but I stick around and keep going because of the community and support 💜💜 every reblog, comment, and like warms my heart. I’m excited to see what the new year has in store!!!