????以前沒有這些習慣的時候，我經常會發現自己有點無所事事。這令人感覺不自在，對于凡人而言有點難以忍受。我可能會坐在地鐵上5至7分鐘，呆呆地看著我的雙手。我可能會在餐館里等朋友，無所事事地消磨時間。然后，我難免會胡思亂想，有時我會感覺不自在。笑星路易斯?CK最近以一種特別生動的方式，向脫口秀主持人柯南描述了這種不適感。他解釋說，這種不適感是我們人類天性的一個特征。我們可以從中得到的結論是：這種不適感很可能是有價值的。我希望多擁有些這種不適感（或者起碼是不少）。

????我推遲了一個月才提筆寫這篇稿子。我想看看，我停用社交媒體所產生的光環效應會持續多久。停用社交媒體的那幾周里，我細致徹底地將查看Facebook的次數限制到每天一次。我只在自己目前最喜歡的工具——Instagram上發布照片，而且我還關掉了手機，在大部分時間里把手機放在小提包里。現在是10月份，我已經全面恢復了對社交媒體的使用。火災后，薩拉找到了一個新的住處。我對我們用來駕馭各自在線生活的這些社交工具有了一個新的認識。不過，我已經對約束自己，避免過度使用社交媒體不再抱有信心。（財富中文網）

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????Devoid of these habits, I often found myself without a lot to do. This was uncomfortable in a brutal and mundane human kind of way. I might sit on the subway for five to seven minutes, looking at my hands. I might pass the time waiting for a friend at a restaurant by doing, well, nothing. And then, inevitably, my mind would wander and sometimes I'd feel uncomfortable. Louis CK recently described this discomfort to Conan in a particularly eloquent way here, explaining it was part of what makes us human. The takeaway: there is likely value to this discomfort. I'd like more of it (or at least, not less of it).

????I waited a month to write this piece. I wanted to see how long the halo effect of my break would last. For several weeks, I was diligent about restricting Facebook checking to once in a day. I posted only on Instagram, my current favorite tool, and I left my phone off, and mostly in my purse. It's October, and I've resumed my full social media diet. Sarah found a new place to live, post-fire. I found a new respect for the tools we all use to navigate our lives online. Still, I am no more confident in my own restraint to use them all too often.