Confessions on the 7:45

by Lisa Unger

Everyone was on broadcast these days, thrusting out versions of themselves, cropped and filtered for public consumption. Everyone putting on the “show of me.” It was when people were alone, unobserved, that the mask came off.

It often feels like people have stopped living and interacting authentically, so concerned about what they’re posting, how things look, what they want people to see about their lives. But, we all know that real life is what happens between the social media posts.