03/11/2025
I am feeling a real pull to not be on here of late. The trouble, I recognise, is that I have no idea really of how to run a business that doesn’t use social media for outreach… I get a lot of work from Instagram and really value the connection and community on here.
I’ve always had a fairly ad-hoc relationship with social media - when I love it I’m happy to be on it, I don’t usually feel drained by it. I post when I post and if I don’t feel that then I don’t post. I’m a fairly open book by nature, I don’t really wrestle with the comparison that people on here seem to, and I share what I feel comfortable to but keep a lot private too. I’ve always found it fairly easy and nice, and not very overwhelming. I also don’t miss it when it’s not there.
Recently however I’ve found myself recognising that I’m feeling more and more drained by this online space. It’s becoming harder to maintain the same boundaries as it’s. just. so. loud (isn’t it?!), and the division, fear and manipulation tactics I see perpetuated on these platforms these days is something else… my sensitive little heart breaks for the world and I’m just desperate for us to bring a new reality into being.
I know that it’s not my place to ‘wake people up’ and that people will wake up and will become more aware (of life!) as and when they’re ready… I trust in that. But it’s hard sometimes. To be so open and seeing and aware on these platforms. Even within the yoga or ‘spiritual’ circles. Man. The noise is LOUD. Although I also recognise the need for the opposite in these spaces too, which is what I’ve always strived to deliver - nuance, love, acceptance and truthful expression.
Who else is feeling the pull to go more analogue again? I feel a digital revolution is on the cards!