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BeReal, My Beloved, You’ve Ruined Yourself

My beloved. My darling. My sweet social media love of my life. You’ve changed. You’ve changed and, in the heartbreaking words of Padme Amidala in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, you are going down a path I can’t follow.

5 Stupid Self Help Tips I Now Follow and Practice Every Day

Self-improvement is hard. The good news about it is that there’s no direct real answer for how someone can improve their lives. Here are five seemingly stupid self-help tips I used to think were ridiculous or just straight up didn’t understand until I started practicing them and found that they actually greatly improved my life.

Fun Stuff, PersonalMaddie GudenkaufFebruary 20, 2024self-help concepts, self care, how to self care, self care tips, self help books on how to be happy, self help tips, bad self help tips, self care tip, how to self develop, good self care tips, stupid self care tips, easy self care tips, list of self care tips, self-help, self reflection, self love, self improvement, self development tips, self development, self-love, self-trust, self, self help books about happiness, self care routine tips, how to create a self care routine, decluttering tips, social media, social media is bad, how is social media bad, good self care help, self care is more than bubble baths, avoid social media, practice gratitude, gratitude practice, how to practice gratitude, how to improve your life, how to make my life better, how to make your life better, you have to love yourself before you can love others, bad advice, bad singles advice, bad love advice, how to declutter life, how to declutter Comment

"How to be Authentic" and the Performance of the Parasocial Persona

Authenticity is hard to achieve. You not only have to recognize the personal qualities that build your sense of self without external intervention, but you also have to be honest with accepting them. It can be a difficult journey that requires work to uncover and practice your true values through the mess of external values imposed through your environment.

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Why I Can't Escape Social Media

Is social media really a way to connect with other or does it isolate us further by forcing social comparison on us? Reflecting on my own history and relationship with social media, I contemplate why I can never escape the platforms.

Personal, Social MediaMaddie GudenkaufJanuary 4, 2023social media, social media influencer, facebook, twitter, instagram, content creation, consequences, healthy connection, self-help, connection, social connection, social comparison, is social media good for you, is social media bad for you, how is social media, how does social media affect people, how does social media affect millenials, millenials, history of social media, dangers of social media, good side of social media, what is social media, social media bad, social media good, good and bad of social media, escape, can i leave social media, how to leave social media, leaving social media, is leaving social media bad, is leaving social media good, escaping social media, can't escape social media, escape social media, remove social media, why can't i quit social media, why i can't quit social mediaComment

When a Content Creator Retires (without being "cancelled")

There’s few things more ironic than creating content about retiring from creating content. I’m aware of this. But two years after retiring from content creation, I have some thoughts about my previous “career” in content creation and how retirement has treated me so I hope you don’t mind if I share them.

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