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content/english/posts/break-from-mastodon.md

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+date = 2023-05-26
+description = "I am taking a break from mastodon"
+images = ["https://b.og.palashbauri.in/api/og/?title=I%20am%20taking%20a%20indefinite%20break%20from%20Mastodon&blog=Adventure%20of%20Palash%20Bauri&date=2023-05-26T15:07:34.695Z&gh=bauripalash"]
+kws = ["mastodon", "social-media" ,"fediverse", "micro-blogging", "internet"]
+lastmod = 2023-05-26
+showtoc = false
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+tags = ["internet", "short"]
+title = "Indefinite break from Mastodon"
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+I first joined Mastodon back in 2018. I chose `mastodon.social` as the Instance
+of choice because it was the biggest. 19 toots later, in 2022 I created an
+account in `fosstodon.org` instance, which I have been using since. But last
+night, I decided to take an indefinite break from mastodon altogether.
+
+I joint Mastodon because it seemed cool, and was the new hot topic at that time,
+but gradually I got bored and frustrated with the whole ecosystem. I believe
+that the whole idea of the Fediverse is fundamentally flawed, I am not going to
+explain here what those are; but the keyword *self-hosting* is kind of getting
+killed with mastodon's ecosystem.
+
+If you want to find me, you **may** find me on Twitter [^1], telegram[^2], 
+email[^3]. Plus, I mostly do microblogging on my writefreely instance at
+[notes.palashbauri.in](https://notes.palashbauri.in).
+
+See You Soon!
+---
+[^1]: [@bauripalash](https://twitter.com/bauripalash)
+[^2]: <https://t.me/bauripalash>
+[^3]: Mentioned below in the footer

content/english/posts/extra-smiles-with-a-thoughtful-act.md

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+date = 2023-05-24
+description = "small gesture of thoughtfulness can bring extra smiles."
+images = ["https://b.og.palashbauri.in/api/og?date=2023-05-24T12%3A02%3A15.530Z&title=Creating%20extra%20smiles%20with%20just%20a%20single%20thoughtful%20act.&gh=bauripalash&blog=Adventure%20of%20Palash%20Bauri"]
+kws = ["life", "children" ,"psychology", "birthday", "happy", "child-psychology"]
+lastmod = 2023-05-24
+showtoc = false
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+tags = ["life", "psychology", "short"]
+title = "Creating extra smiles with one thoughtful act."
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+
+You are invited to the birthday party of your niece, what you would do, bring a present 🎁 for her and maybe bring some chocolates 🍫 too as a bonus, but there could be your other family members who brought their toddlers, they *may* feel left out. I am not saying they definitely will feel that, but children are naive,
+
+What I do usually in that scenario is, I always bring 4 or 5 extra chocolates, when I know other children will be there. 
+
+![](https://media.tenor.com/nd8FbYHT1zYAAAAi/hasher-happy-sticker.gif)
+
+Children are sweet and they certainly will be happy and surprised. This small gesture of thoughtfulness can bring extra smiles. 😊

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