I know the title sounds harsh but I promise I mean it for good.
I think social media has warped a lot of people’s perceptions about how important we all are. It has boosted our egos in negative ways where we think the world is watching us. In the process, we have become slaves to people’s thoughts and perceptions.
If that is something you struggle with, I encourage you to try this experiment – Get off social media for 1 month and don’t announce that you are doing so. Just quietly log off or don’t post anything. And don’t check anything while you do so.
This might be uncomfortable at first as we are so wired to our phones. And it will only get worse. I bet a large number of you will find that very few, if any at all, will actually notice that you’ve been inactive. This has happened to me and to a large number of people and has served as a humbling experience.
Why do I suggest you try this? Well, if you are a slave to what people think, this can be a very liberating exercise in realizing that LITERALLY NO ONE CARES OR IS THINKING OF YOU. So what you post and what you do should not be dependent so much on others think. Just do you.
If you are willing to embrace the discomfort, I think you will come out of it more humbled with a healthier self-perception and self-esteem in the process.
