Recently, there have been more and more videos and articles about how this world (and the “millennial” generation in particular) is so connected – too connected, some say, to their phones and the internet and not connected enough to one another.
And even though I’m a blogger, and I love twitter, and I’ve made countless amazing friends on the internet, I tend to agree. There have been times when I’ve been sitting with friends and I’ve been the only one not on my phone, or when I feel like I can’t connect with someone because it’s hard to talk to them when they’re constantly on Facebook.
Some days I wish I could turn everything off, step away, and refocus my system.
So this weekend, I’m doing that.
There will still be posts here, but I’ll be writing them all before I leave. And come Friday, when I arrive at the hot springs spa my mother and I are going to for the weekend, I’ll be disconnecting my Facebook, my Twitter, and my Instagram. I’m excited to experience the calm of the place I’ll be at, and to spend some time connecting with myself and my mother.
The internet is fun, it’s a great place to connect with people from around the world, but sometimes it can be too much. I know I’ve felt overwhelmed by the idea that my blog has to look or be a certain way, or that I have to dress or act a certain way because I see others in my industry dressing or acting that way.
Our media has long made it their responsibility to show people what a “perfect” person looks like. Be you male or female, I’m sure you can think of someone that the media, and the people around you, have made you feel like you need to emulate. Maybe you work your body to exhaustion trying to look like Jennifer Lawrence or Robert Downey Jr., or maybe you just feel bad about yourself because you don’t look like those people. Because the only way to turn your body into theirs would be to do something damaging to your system and your psyche.
When you love yourself, truly, completely love yourself, you don’t worry as much about those things. Sure, maybe you would love to look like Jennifer Lawrence still, but instead you’ve decided to love yourself for who you are. To show people that you are happy with your body and your life.
And yet, even if you have promised to do that, your immersion in social media and the internet can sometimes make that hard.
So, even if you can’t get away for the weekend, I hope you’ll join me. I hope you’ll spend at least one day this weekend (or one hour, even) disconnected from the internet. Take a break, love. Sit down with yourself, and get to know yourself again. Spend some time with the people around you. Strengthen the relationships that can’t be held together by the loose strings of social media.
But most importantly, do it for you. So that you can be reminded of how amazing you are without all of the outside influence. Love yourself, boo. I do.
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