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Changes

I recently deleted Facebook, InstaGram and X from my cell phone. I still have the accounts, but only check on my desktop computer. This was the only way to recover time lost on doomscrolling. I check in once a day to see the same old stuff, from the same people, and appreciate getting news this way. I bet I could do this every other day and not lose a sense of what’s going on.

Scrolling on the socials is unlike reading a book. Chapters, and the book itself have endings. Social media is infinite. I find myself stopping the latter only after a sense of exhaustion, and even feeling bad emotionally. I’m feeling better with my time put into connecting with physical people and animals, reading, music, community volunteering and working around my place.

My Birthday

61 Years. My aunt Milena sent me these images. That is my paternal grandfather Šanto Novaselić. When my fathter emigrated to the United States, the name, somehow was changed from an "a" to an "o". Novosel is a name found in Slavic societies. Its Anglo version is Newburg or Newton. So my name is Chris Newburg. Šanto's brother's name was also Krsto. My father is named after him. It means blessing. It's an old Croatian name in the tradition of Fran Krsto Frankopan — Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician. I was born in Compton California. My parents had to refigure the vowel in Krsto and hence, that's why my name is spelled Krist.

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