“Social Media, Sharing, and Self Love”

Damien Lamar
3 min readJun 8, 2022
Photo by visuals on Unsplash

Have you ever made a huge change in your life, like signing up for a marathon, and felt the need to tell everyone? Suddenly, every conversation must begin with: “I did this…”

If you have then you’re not alone. Humans love announcing things, but there comes a time when it gets old.

You know that feeling when you accomplish something and you can’t wait to tell everyone about it? You think about all the people in your life who might be happy for you and celebrate your success along with you or at least cheer you on from afar.

But what if that urge was gone? What if there was no more need to publicly announce your accomplishments? How would your life look then?

ACCEPTANCE

May was Mental Health Awareness Month and “Freddy Mercury Retrograde” did the most! Lemme say — it “hit different”. Let’s just say I got a wake-up call from The Universe.

NOTE TO SELF: You don’t have to announce (or share) everything.

During one of my meditations this week, I came to the awareness that this is a type of self-love and maturity, and it’s not something that happens overnight or comes naturally to everyone. But the next time I feel…

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Damien Lamar

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