Thought provoking

There is this large gap between action and feeling, or at least that’s how it is for me. I tend to over-intellectualize my feelings rather than actually living them, so they tend to get stuck in my head and leave me frozen yet again. I think recognizing how these feel on our bodies, where they come from, and ultimately embodying them is essential... See more

Absolutions are essentially a formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment . I like to think of them as a form of acceptance and surrender, one in which we face ourselves as we are, not as what we were or want to be. Through them, we let go of the all-or-nothing mindset that results from the limitations of our expectations—we ditch the... See more

A SHORT SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH, A STUDY SHOWS , npr

A new JAMA Network Open study finds even a one-week social media detox can meaningfully improve young adults’ mental health, producing a 16% drop in anxiety, 24% drop in depression, and 14.5% drop in insomnia among participants ages 18-24. In the study, 80% of the 373 young... See more

I like to remember that the world isn’t my apartment, but rather happens outside of my apartment. And if I leave first thing in the morning, it’s like my life is contextualized by the world versus the world being contextualized by my life. I don’t think we should spend as much time indoors as we do. At least, I shouldn’t spend as much time indoors... See more

Even if it feels unnatural, I really like to encourage people to try their hand at writing. Could be anything - a journal entry, a fictional story, some jokes. You could carry around a tiny notebook and break it out whenever you come up with a sentence that feels worth remembering. Sometimes I just type random shit I find funny into my notes app... See more

For one week I documented every activity that I did each day. I did this in efforts to understand better how I was using my time. Whenever I’m on my phone, I feel like time moves at hyperspeed and it’s easy for me to lose track of how long I’ve been using it. It’s like the casino effect. There’s no windows on my phone!

Normally, I would trade in my old phone whenever I upgrade, but this time I decided I was going to hold on to it and use it as my “social media” phone (called ‘the SM Phone’ from hereinafter). There’s no number connected with the SM Phone, and I only reach for it when I need to upload things, answer DMs, or when I want to doomscroll (I’m not going... See more