“I don’t like splashing details about my life across the Internet. It’s not real, what people post. It’s a carefully cultivated highlight reel. Everyone is marketing their own personal brand whether they know it or not, and I’d rather keep my personal life to myself instead of trying to sell a fake version of it online.
I heard something along these lines on the radio once (that social media accounts are a carefully cultivated highlight reel that don't reflect the "raw footage" of people's lives), and it stuck with me. I think about it a lot when I navigate social media with its ubiquitous filters and unrealistic standards, and it helps me put others' seemingly perfect lives into perspective.
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