30 August · You can change what gets your attention.

Self-doubt

I judge my appearance more harshly after scrolling.

A little room to breathe.30 August

Self-doubt

“Affectus, cujus causam in præsenti nobis adesse imaginamur, fortior est, quam si eandem non adesse imaginaremur.”

English translation

“An emotion, whereof we conceive the cause to be with us at the present time, is stronger than if we did not conceive the cause to be with us.”

Baruch Spinoza — Ethics, 1677Part 4, proposition 9English translation by R. H. M. Elwes (1884)Read the source ↗

You can change what gets your attention.

A stream of carefully chosen images can turn a moment of browsing into a long inspection of yourself. You do not have to keep offering your attention to something that leaves you feeling smaller, even when the accounts are popular or familiar.

ONE SMALL STEP

Mute one account that reliably leaves you comparing yourself, and notice how your feed feels afterward.

A little room to breathe.30 August

A spark of light in your day.

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