Social Media Escape Club
lately, the most difficult part of the day to be offline, the evening, has become my most cherished time to be offline, away from the noise of the internet and into the dark quiet of the night
Unplugged evenings
The silent danger of social media is that it makes you feel like you’re social when you’re just giving your attention to one-sided, sucralose friendships with people who don’t even know who you are
Sherry Ning • Sherry Ning on Substack
When I was acting, some of the BEST advice I ever got was from a choreographer who told me, "Courtney, you're working too hard. Let the audience come to you." I leaned back, and the scene started working. I think it's a similar thing to Paul Rudd showing that clip. He didn't have to push, in fact, he let the line go a little bit slack. And then we,... See more
Seth Werkheiser • Courtney Romano on SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB
via Courtney Romano
Almost everything that is meaningful, beautiful, life-affirming, empowering, transformational, true—it can’t be reached by shortcuts. But what we can do is make the longcuts walkable, put out footbridges and stairs, and a table where the ocean comes into view.
Henrik Karlsson • On Shortcuts and Longcuts
" Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. "
Howard Thurman
Thomas Klaffke • Aliveness: Reframing Productivity
Creator platforms algorithmically incentivize us to create at the pace Wall Street and the market demand. This is why we’re pushed to create more and more. Not because our audiences are asking for it. Not because the world needs more of what we have to say. Because we as artists, the platforms, and their investors desire, to varying degrees,... See more
The artist and the inner retreat
the most courageous, life-affirming choice you can make is to break free from mimetic expectations around growth, and choose to define enough for yourself, and actually enjoy it once you get there. That's the ultimate gangster move.
rob hardy 🦌 • Non-Coercive Marketing: A Manifesto
no one is thinking about you. No one is as hyper-fixated and obsessed with the smallest details of every piece of my work as I am, and that feels sort of freeing.
Lauren Puckett-Pope • Why Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix Recommend Quitting Your Dream Job
If you’re just posting and platforming because you feel like you should , then the point is to help tech billionaires buy more super yachts.