A journey to stop the muscle memory to share everything right away.
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I resonate a lot with what you said in your video Epos. I’ve done it before, sharing everything that you’re doing with other people, be it to share in the activity or even, yes I’ll admit it, for attention. I haven’t done that as much lately which is actually kinda nice. You’re not having to break yourself away from what you’re enjoying, just to post it on Discord or whatever, then have to reply to people who comment or ask you about it. That really sucks and takes you out of what you originally set out to do.
It got me thinking of an old Bushido book I think it was, that my brother passed to me. I’m not a book reader but one line that I always remember was about a tradional Japanese Samurai, and how they would take the time to think about the things they were going to say, whether it was of value, whether it would belittle someone or whether it was even worth sharing. If it was deemed to not be worth it, it wouldn’t get said.
I often think about that when I see or hear people scrolling on social media and the people on that platform often spout their own opinions and views and how they are RIGHT and whatever else is WRONG etc etc. It’s tiresome, and not only that, it makes me think “why should I care what you have to say?” Maybe I’m just starting to care less about the opinion of others now I’m getting further away from my teens. It also made me think “why would sharing my take on X subject matter? Why should people care what I think or have to say?” Not in a self deprecating way, more from a sense of “why add to unnecessary noise”
Ultimately I empathise a lot with the sentiments you shared. The older I get, the more I think about ditching most of what we use the internet for. It’s a good tool, but it’s given so many people a soap box to stand and shout from, that it’s gotten weary.
Good video though Epos, I enjoyed watching it on my very warm lunch break here in the UK
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It’s this really hard paradox of like… the people most likely to pull back or think more about what should be said are the ones probably best to hear from - but we don’t want them to just LIVE in the always-sharing space either.
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