Tag: social media
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collected thoughts, x
Words have not come easy the past couple of weeks. I flounder in letters and punctuation marks, holding my breath to stop the panic in the spaces between conscious and unconscious thought. It’s funny because I don’t know what that means. It’s funny because I don’t know what to do, and God knows but he’s…
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Good-bye, Instagram
Note: I’ve kept this post in “Drafts” for quite a while. It seemed self-indulgent to publish in the midst of everything that erupted shortly after I wrote the post. But with the growing awareness around the country of social media’s power for change (and also its troubling, relentless control over our minds), I thought I’d…
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Real
I’m learning to live life in the moment. Are there things I want to remember forever? Yes. Are there times when the leaves are just so beautiful that I can’t help but take a few photos? Yes. And I think that’s okay, as long as I spend time to just be. I can experiment with…
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What I Learned Offline
I recently took five weeks to step away from social media. The primary reason was that I wanted to focus on my work, yet I ended up gaining much more than productive days. My social media break taught me several important lessons that I hope to continue applying even when I’m back online. Social media…
Eliana Chow 