I so agree with the offering of that compass. I think what we turn to social media for and where we turn to it from is ultimately the filter through which we perceive it- but it’s wonderful because it means with some awareness, we have agency.
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts ❤️ glad it makes you chuckle
I really love how you touch on the opposites of living that need to coexist - do more, be slow for example. I really think it’s being able to expand the container that we deem as ‘correct’ living and perhaps dim the gaze of judgement a little or maybe forever.
I so feel you on social media being both a gift and an unnecessary factory for anxiety and then the loop that ensues from being mad at engaging in encouraging our own toxicity. I’ve come to find that life exists in the spaces noticing in the moment what you’re watching for online
; are you feeling sort of sad and looking to feed that because then IG will help you find reasons to be and the same goes for when you’re feeling good. Obviously there are extenuating circumstances eg an ex has a new gf that will cause an unwarranted sting but apart from that I feel our state of being pre scroll is what determines the quality of the scroll. I hope that’s a useful compass :)
I love your writing so much and I find myself chuckling liberally. How fun bani.
I so agree with the offering of that compass. I think what we turn to social media for and where we turn to it from is ultimately the filter through which we perceive it- but it’s wonderful because it means with some awareness, we have agency.
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts ❤️ glad it makes you chuckle
Ugh another friggin’ thing to be aware of in real time before we scroll. God so much workkkk
I really love how you touch on the opposites of living that need to coexist - do more, be slow for example. I really think it’s being able to expand the container that we deem as ‘correct’ living and perhaps dim the gaze of judgement a little or maybe forever.
I so feel you on social media being both a gift and an unnecessary factory for anxiety and then the loop that ensues from being mad at engaging in encouraging our own toxicity. I’ve come to find that life exists in the spaces noticing in the moment what you’re watching for online
; are you feeling sort of sad and looking to feed that because then IG will help you find reasons to be and the same goes for when you’re feeling good. Obviously there are extenuating circumstances eg an ex has a new gf that will cause an unwarranted sting but apart from that I feel our state of being pre scroll is what determines the quality of the scroll. I hope that’s a useful compass :)
I love your writing so much and I find myself chuckling liberally. How fun bani.