Offline

What replaced these symbols isn't new ones but their absence. Gen Z flexes by not flexing, by thrifting instead of buying, by staying offline, by caring about things money can't touch. They've solved what 2015 never could: the best status symbol is not needing any.

Instead of letting every notification or headline shape your day, choose a few trusted sources that actually align with your values. Lately, I’ve been limiting myself to just three sources of input per day. I also theme my days to help my brain gain consistency and predictability. Thursdays are for catching up on financial news. Sundays are for... See more

Choosing to keep parts of your life private doesn’t mean you’re hiding. It means you’re honoring the intimacy of your own process. Privacy can be an act of self-respect. Not everything needs to be branded, explained, or made consumable.

There is power in the sacred. In the things that are yours alone. In the memories that only live between you and... See more

As we embrace this offline renaissance, we have an opportunity to redefine the real world and create an era where personal connections thrive, leaving behind the shallow realm of repetitive content and fragmented communities. It is up to us, the silent majority, to reimagine the offline world for a new generation that is outside of both centralized... See more

But when ease becomes the default measure of value—when “fast” and “frictionless” are always better, we lose something critical: the slow, inconvenient texture of real life and real relationships.

For whatever reason, labelling yourself as anything when you’re brought up in a world with social media, only tends to feel right when there’s an element of public sharing. But why should we feel better owning our passions as a part of who we are only when we’re practicing them in front of an audience? An audience or lack thereof doesn’t define... See more

Many of us yearn for a way to be fully online without all of the mindlessness, passivity and addiction that often entraps us. Some of us oscillate between fully online and fully offline in a sort of mad dance to establish what feels right. Others have lost hope that it’s possible to engage in a way that feels true and alive, and have resigned to... See more