Amy Roullier is The Authentic Optimist. Part time writer, full time pro at oversharing. With a no BS approach to conversations around single life, mental health and wellbeing
We all need connection. We want to be included, to be liked, to feel part of a community, connected with others, validated in our actions, life choices and who we are. But in this day and age of social media and the internet, are we really achieving that connection in the way we hoped for? I’ve been wondering this a lot lately. If you’ve read any of my other blogs, …
I’ve always had a complicated relationship with my phone. Many a night I’ve spent hours watching videos, reels, scrolling through feeds, reading comments on social media, and googling apparent need to know there and then answers. I kid myself that I have a healthy relationship with this little piece of technology that’s never far from my side. That I don’t spend that much time on it, it does not control …
It’s nearly New Year, that time where everybody posts about all the awesome things they did in 2022. The social media ‘my year’ summaries are both great (because genuinely it’s pretty cool to see people had such a great year and accomplished their goals or did amazing things). But it can also be a good old kick to the self-esteem. Because no matter how great your year was, it can …
Social Media. An endless stream of happy smiling faces. Wealth and success. Picture perfect moments. Awe inspiring lives. Envy inducing lifestyles. That social media world looks pretty darn fabulous. And of course it would, because it’s not real life. This is a reminder to myself, to you reading, and for anyone who needs it, that social media is not fact. It’s a few seconds, minutes or hours of someone’s world. …
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