The Mercenary Blog 03242025

I deleted all my social media accounts. Mostly. I still use Reddit, Youtube and on occasion, Rednote. I just couldn’t take it anymore. I realized how much of my time and energy I was just dumping directly into social media. I was ready to take it all back. Facebook, gone. Instagram, gone. Tiktok, gone. Twitter (or that letter of the alphabet that most closely resembles a swastika), don’t think I ever used it. If I did, I completely forgot.

Anyway, my life has improved SIGNIFICANTLY. I seem to have so much more time and energy for the things that matter in my life: my kids, my wife, my family, my art, my job, and video games. (I just got a PS5… please send help. And snacks.)

I can’t tell you enough how much I DON’T miss arguing with random morons or getting near-homicidal over some dumb video or opinion online. Or getting bombarded by ads trying to sell me crap I absolutely did not need or an image that did not appeal to me whatsoever.

I guess I should be thanking that orange fecal-stain and his South African Cringe-Beast Billionaire Caretaker for helping me make the long-overdue move off of social media. Then again, I can think of hundreds of other things I’d rather say or do to them before “thanks” even crossed my mind.

Anyway… I’ll be updating this website here and there. Hopefully, more frequently than not. I’m trying to get into better habits. Been going to therapy and dealing with heavy stuff I’ve been needing to confront, and things are going well. I get positive feedback from folks in my life telling me they see a difference. I feel like I’m improving in every aspect of my life.

It’s still a journey though. One I hope you’ll join me on.

I’ll, hopefully, be posting on this blog as regular updates. If not, I got bigger fish to fry and I’ll get around to it when I get around to it.

This is going longer than I anticipated. Thanks for reading!

-Raf