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Since Monday while I was trying to plan things out and reading materials about mostly hive related, I got sucked into social media loop trying to analyze trends on crypto in local market and finding the reason to compare and contrast with the space that we have over here. I think too much sometimes and over consume news though I know it always bad for my brain but I still do it. I thrive on analyzing stuff.
For some reason, I got sucked into instagram scroll and it was like the first time after many months I felt like my workout feels extremely insignificant. I started questioning the way I was working out and eat since typically most people would eat so aesthetically pleasing and maybe it was only for the gram but that made me question my whole process.
I've lost 8 pounds in 5 weeks. It's frigging 8 pounds and I worked really hard for it. At the same time, I saw mediocrity being rewarded all around there that also made me feel like, 8 pounds felt so meaningless. Somehow, I started comparing myself to others but then I reminded myself of the thing I wrote earlier that honestly, I am my own worst nightmare and enemy. Even those thoughts are coming from me and I needed to combat it. Most people don't care about me anyway and to them, my existence is meaningless. A lot of them are too busy with their own lives and that's what I should do too, just minding my own business. So, again, because of that, I disconnected from the screen, refocused & realized the things I've done to get me through the day and to this point in life.
The video I shared above helps & this song too, that got me remembered, I am definitely need to work hard and hustle more. There are a lot of dreams I haven't achieved and I am still fairly young to work on those dreams.
All day, no complains
For the game ain't, for the fame
Walk in my lane with my mines
When ya hustlin', gotta count me in
Taking my time, I don't whine
In my ballin' state of mind
Workin' my charm for the dimes
All day, I'll make it mine
Makin' up my way, make up the way I play
I'm working up my pace, if you haven't noticed
Put it on relay, we're gonna be okay
It's a brand new day, I just hope you noticed
I remembered that song from my spotify playlist a while ago. The beat is catchy and definitely makes your day if you need a good song. Also, stay off screen once in a while, that helps when you feel overwhelmed with information.
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
Mac I think you need to do a purge of those accounts you follow on instagram, particularly I only have on Instagram actors, musicians, artists, I don't even have my family there, because the last thing I want to do is see things I don't care about, facebook which is where I have people from my family I don't use it, and on tik tok I see ramdom content which is just for distraction, my only toxic social network is "X" and that's because I have many news channels there and well, you know politics stresses quite a bit. You have to do a debugging of the algorithm Mac because the objective you have achieved are wonderful, don't compare yourself with others please. Keep up the good work!
Cheers Mac, it's good to finally have time to read you 🫂.
strangely, I only follow my friends hahaha and instagram is for IRL friends of mine xD so... does that mean they're toxic? hahaha
My x isn't as toxic as my instagram and I love to look at pretty stuff, same thing with youtube. So, I guess it's really is my IRL friends that are mildly toxic. I've been working so hard lately and I am happy for the result and I know that it's still about 54 days to go before I am reaching my goals haha. I am happy to have heard from you and I'll be writing something more this week, guess I got too caught up with news and overloading my brain with it all.
It’s especially challenging for women with the age of social media. They are subject to these stresses in normal life and have been for hundreds or thousands of years. Add the 24/7 notion of social media to it and it’s really kicked into overdrive! Sorry you are struggling with this Mac, but like anything we just need to uncover ways for us to manage it! I know you can do it!
hahaha yeah! I managed it and unplug myself real quick. I didn't get myself this far only to fail. Being woman/man are tough. It's like for men you get exposed to people seemingly easy get rich quick scheme and for women, it's the easy life offered while jetsetting all around the world. We don't really see stuff beyond the screen cause most of the time they are pretty ugly. The hardest part is to me has been something of the things that my friends do more than the influencers itself but again, thankfully I unplugged myself before it's too late 😂
None of the social media stuff matters. You don't lose weight to get the approval from others, you do it to make yourself feel better and get into a healthier position. So any progress is good and worthy of enjoying. Forget about the pacing and actions of others.
It was just one of those days I got sucked into it and realized what a wasted time it was. I snapped out of it and realized, my life is not that bad haha. I just need to focus on the remaining days and consistently do the habit that I have right now.
These days I have next to zero presence on social media. I barely even open discord at this point. Something like Instagram feels like an even greater waste of time given it's just an algorithm manipulating your emotions and stealing all of your time. It is a genuine case of brain rot. So many others things you could be doing, yet instead that time is spent watching clips of literally nothing.
I can see how instagram is definitely a waste of time. It's like you're watching life passes you by rather than actually living it. When you do something fun IRL, all these internet clout chasing became so meaningless.
One of the weirdest things for me these days is getting on a bus. You see EVERYONE glued to their phones. All browsing through reels. Just total silence aside from the few that don't wear headphones.
I'm at this point where I just have zero interest in any of it. I can't even find much enjoyment in music if I'm outside as even that feels like a desperate attempt for escapism. So I'm just sitting there looking around, out the window and observing things. And it feels strange, so weird to see so few people capable of just sitting.
If I try to do the same, just picking up my phone in a moment of boredom, I instantly feel aware of it. I know I should put it down immediately and I do. It's not to help me, it's a form of self-imprisonment.
And you've owned it! Jeez. Comparison kills. No one definitely cared that much to think about you the way you did. Headspace... I like it. I tried the exercise, felt good. Unplugging from social media is so underrated, by the way....
I don't do social media than hive or X and instagram/tiktok are mostly for trend stuff. I like following and analyzing trends, so I go there once in a while to see what's the market look like and how I could use it to my own benefit. But yes, unplug yourself from internet, it helps 😄
It's really hard to have a balanced lifestyle nowadays and idk why. But recently, I find myself wants to learn a lot of things but lack of time to do everything. Maybe we should do it slowly.
I find this approach somehow works for me - Do things at least 30 minutes daily for 2 weeks. No matter how hard it gets you just do it. By 2 weeks, you get used to do certain things and feeling confident about pushing yourself more to learn something new and new topic. It's also my approach to working out as well. At first I started with 30 minutes to these days an hour/daily. My goal is being comfortable doing 2 hours/daily without feeling too exhausted. So, maybe try that and see how it works for you.
That's a cool idea, at least we start those things until our body is looking for it. I should try this one because I always find myself being lazy
I love how your mind works when it come to things like these. The quick and constant reminders are very important. Everyone has their own path to follow and loosing 8 pounds in 5 weeks is not the easiest of tasks but you did it anyway!
The song by Dipha Barus is such a feel good song. Perfect for recuperating.
Sometimes when you compare yourself to others, you diminish your own achievements. I used to get so bad about it that I never felt grateful about anything. It's like I was so out-of-touch and unhappy. These days though, fuck all that. I am focusing on me and I am happy even if I lost a pound in a month or something. I wrote that being ugly rocks and it was one of the thing that paved my way to acceptance.
Self acceptance is very underrated in my opinion. There are people out there who constantly compare themselves to others and like you've rightly mentioned, it can lead to unhappiness ans even depression in the long run.
Being contented and focused is all that really matters.