This last month was weird. I think we can all agree and accept that social media consumes a notable fraction of our day - scrolling, posting, indulging, engaging.
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Throughout the last year, posting felt like more of a job than enjoyment, but it's connected me to some of my best friends till this day. That making the decision to take indefinite time off this platform seemed farfetched at first, but was amazing. I felt like I bought time - something I was once desperate for. I was actually able to enjoy watching sunsets rather than shooting them. I picked up hobbies and new interests I've been wanting to learn.
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Scrolling is addicting, engagement is attached to pressure. For a good chunk of time, I was running around (literally all over the country), trying to find answers. Answers that I wasn't going to find just because I was physically located in a different part of the world. I was desperate to find direction that ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ came with happiness and purpose, but maybe my focus was j...