02/02/2026
I’ve been reflecting on convenience culture and how it impacts our nervous systems, while also noticing where convenience genuinely supports me.
I use a lot of software, including talk-to-text as I am in the post, because of regular thumb dislocations and dyslexia, and I use food delivery services because I live rurally now, don’t drive, and access to food isn’t easy. Those things increase my capacity.
What I’m noticing though is how easily convenience tips into constant stimulation. When I lived in the city everything was immediate and that meant constant dopamine hits and constant access, which was always speeding up my nervous system in ways I didn’t fully realise at the time.
Living in the countryside now, deleting Instagram off my phone (this is a scheduled post), and having less access to everything has slowed things down. There’s less noise, less light, less urgency. Even heating the house requires more intention and a ritual of lighting the fire which has shifted how present I feel day to day.
I still use technology, automation, and meal prep services, and I’m not anti all of it. I’m just learning to distinguish between what is an accessibility tool and what keeps me stuck in high stimulus and nervous system overwhelm as a neurodivergent individual.
No judgement, just reflections on a somatic perspective of trying to have better boundaries with technology, and noticing how much more regulated my body feels when life is simpler.
