how to feel worse about yourself: pick up your phone
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how to feel worse about yourself: pick up your phone how to feel better about yourself: put down your phone https://t.co/kN0PlUFQ4O
Feeling good about yourself doesn’t make you conceited; as your sense of worth grows, there’s actually less need to impress others.
Rick Hanson • Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
You are what you put into your body. If you eat crap, you’ll feel like crap. Similarly, if you spend your time watching other people’s highlight reels on Instagram or engrossed in drama on X, you’ll feel more anxious and less at peace.
Do a weekly digital sabbath where you get time in solitude more broadly. Actually, turn off as many notifications a... See more
Do a weekly digital sabbath where you get time in solitude more broadly. Actually, turn off as many notifications a... See more
A lot of social media these days makes me feel like I’m doing it wrong; I’m not going to the right places or wearing the right thing or doing the right workout (or any workout tbh). Sure, it’s kinda an obvious takeaway about a common feeling, but what was less obvious to me is how this week’s contributor Alex Dobrenko characterizes this experience:... See more
But you hardly need a study to tell you that—just spend a few hours browsing Instagram and see how bad you feel about yourself. This is because you are comparing your success with your perception of others’ success, as depicted in information of dubious accuracy. Nothing good comes of this.
Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life "This book is amazing" - Chris Evans
Social media doesn’t just make people feel worse about themselves; it makes us worse people.
—Freya India