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Social media is full of people that say look how amazing my life is ... but that's not real. No one's life is amazing all the time.
The more time you spend online the more inclined you are to think that other people's lives are amazing and in comparison, yours just doesn't measure up. But you don't see ...
the negatives because no one ever shows you anything negative anymore... The virtual world has turned into a curated playground that makes us feel bad about ourselves.
I can't remember a week where I've had so many amazing highs and so many terrible lows. The delta has never been so wide. But the messy middle isn't something to be avoided. If you let it, it can show us who we really are and what we consider important.
I think it's important to talk about the messy middle ... because we all go through it. And when we do we feel alone. Well, you're not alone, I'm right there with you.
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