I listened to Ina's book and enjoyed it and yes, I think you need to like her before to really appreciate it.
I have been trying to figure out my relationship with Meta these days. I haven't previously felt the need to break up with it because of some of the reasons people do like attention span (I have ADHD, the world is an equal opportunity distractor for me) and now that I am in my 40s, I am more accepting in my own mess that the mental health impact of comparison is less of a thing now. But how much these men suck and the sucky choices they make are the real hard push away. I have been trying to figure it out. There are annoying things that only exist on these platforms that are connected to my kids schools, local businesses I support, family members. I even have an instagram account for our Little Free Library in our front yard, only the neighbors follow it. I contemplated starting a Substack for the library...It's confusing times. I appreciate your perspective because I don't always see myself in the discourse and you have captured the challenge I am encountering.
It's so confusing! I think whatever feels right is fine and good — there is certainly a lot of good in the way these platforms connect us. It's definitely about the people behind them for me (obviously) most of all. I know for each of us it's super complicated and so personal because we've lived in these digital places for so long. Good luck!
There was so much I loved about it! But it veered into a lot of stuff about her wealth at the end that's hard to swallow in this moment. In a thriving moment, it might have read differently! I do still love her a ton, and I enjoyed a lot of it!
Always putting the best words to the constant feeling of dissonance in motherhood. I hear you and so appreciate this post.
Oh, thank you for reading & for saying that. It means a lot ❤️
I listened to Ina's book and enjoyed it and yes, I think you need to like her before to really appreciate it.
I have been trying to figure out my relationship with Meta these days. I haven't previously felt the need to break up with it because of some of the reasons people do like attention span (I have ADHD, the world is an equal opportunity distractor for me) and now that I am in my 40s, I am more accepting in my own mess that the mental health impact of comparison is less of a thing now. But how much these men suck and the sucky choices they make are the real hard push away. I have been trying to figure it out. There are annoying things that only exist on these platforms that are connected to my kids schools, local businesses I support, family members. I even have an instagram account for our Little Free Library in our front yard, only the neighbors follow it. I contemplated starting a Substack for the library...It's confusing times. I appreciate your perspective because I don't always see myself in the discourse and you have captured the challenge I am encountering.
It's so confusing! I think whatever feels right is fine and good — there is certainly a lot of good in the way these platforms connect us. It's definitely about the people behind them for me (obviously) most of all. I know for each of us it's super complicated and so personal because we've lived in these digital places for so long. Good luck!
I read her book, too. I still love her. She’s smarter, messier, more complicated, and far more compassionate than I knew.
There was so much I loved about it! But it veered into a lot of stuff about her wealth at the end that's hard to swallow in this moment. In a thriving moment, it might have read differently! I do still love her a ton, and I enjoyed a lot of it!