Avoid The Validation Vortex

The Only Validation That Matters Is Your Own

 
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”-Marcus Aurelius.

We live in an age where everything we do is broadcast to the masses. It is the type of reach that our predecessors could never imagine. What once was knowledge only to the tribe, the family, the neighborhood, is now able to reach millions of people. Our technology and devices give us a podium to shout our hopes, fears, thoughts, and opinions to anyone who is interested (or foolish enough) to listen.

Social media feeds are empty and blank, awaiting content. They demand to be fed.

The masses comply.

Nothing is off the table so long as it doesn’t violate the terms of service.

Now everyone we know, and the countless we don’t, can have access to our content. Our dancing, our thoughts, our “research”, our food, our experiences, is all there for consumption.

And society is hungry.

Followers gobble up everything and anything. If you have it, post it. If you got it, flaunt it. Even if you don’t, act like you do. No one is going to come around and second guess if you are that talented, that wealthy, that beautiful, or that happy.

This ability to create and produce content has come at a cost, a price that we are all willing to pay without regard to the consequences.

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