“I’m losing her to this guy named Social Media”
“Social Media is more about sociology and psychology than it is about technology” — Anonymous
Scan a man’s head and you’ll find words like “inflation”, “petrol prices”, “job losses”, and various other anxiety-inducing topics. But who is this man?
I know this man. He’s the one laughing on every inflation joke, every “crippling economy” meme, and every clown politician’s speech. He doesn’t smoke because he’s too busy getting the black smoke of cars out of his system.
After a hard day's work, he comes home. Now, what is Home? Home is a wife, two aging parents, and 3 kids.
At least that’s what used to be home!
Today, home is where the wife spends a portion of her day scrolling through influencer accounts gushing over their daily travels and “happiness”. Home is where the two ageing parents get their daily dose of “forwarded many times” messages containing baseless truths and rumors. Home is where the kids bury their face in gaming and socials, as an attempt to escape boredom.
The man comes home to this: rumors and negative gossips coming from aging parents. Kids with gaming progress instead of study progress to report. Later, he is greeted by an “idea-filled” wife who goes on and on about trips and travels that are “salary-sized expenditures”.
In all this, He has yet to confess how inflation is rising, but not his income. He’s hesitant and do you know why?
Because such confessions lead to compromises. Sharing those compromises leads to backbiting. Backbiting leads to internal bullying. Internal bullying leads to an early demise of hopes and happiness. There’s really not much left after an early demise of hopes and happiness, is there?
So, what is the solution? a simple answer is “maturity”
As a kid, I used to have PlayStation CDs, some rated T for Teens, 18+ for adult audience, and M for Mature audience. I wondered what was the difference between 18+ and M. My brother taught me “M” means you separate the gaming world and real world. By being a Mature person, you don’t hijack someone’s car like Carl Johnson from San Andreas.
Learn to become a mature person when scrolling social accounts. Stop comparing and glorifying the same kind of happiness for everyone else.
“Don’t use Social Media to impress people, use it to impact people”
Maturity will preserve the true happiness of your experiences. The anonymity of your experiences will protect you from the evil eye. Patience and compromise will make your experiences worthwhile.
At the end of the day, don’t let social media influence your experiences. Your experiences are yours to claim. Learn to give yourself patience and time will unveil the best for you!
