Navigating my love-hate of social media (Part 2)
How to participate while being human
Completing my own 22-day challenge on Instagram was eye-opening. I saw where I have internally replicated systems of silencing and suppression, and fallen into unconscious obedience to an external program. It caused a huge shift in my attitude and approach to social media. Here’s what I have realized since completing the 22 days of being human Instagram challenge:
Accepting social media the way it is, has unblocked my participation and influence in a global ecosystem, while enhancing my human-ness
Embodying my own algorithm in spaces of mass distraction translates into creation and engagement to trigger oxytocin, not dopamine
Staying sovereign on socials means unlearning sensitivity to imposed metrics – and stubbornly measuring success on my own terms
Being available to serve requires visibility and vulnerability, which makes my ego into an offering on the altar of collective transformation
Using socials for experimentation and expression (not perfectionism and performance) requires safety sourced from within
I elaborate on these five points in a series of five essays that will be available to paying subscribers. The first part is being released today. Support my work by becoming subscriber to my channel and get all the nitty gritty details.