A lot can happen as we age — I thought it was a myth, but now I’m beginning to understand the truth of it, in its wholesomeness, and in the most unusual way.
Social media sure has an edge over us. It’s a love-hate relationship that we all experience. Now, coming to the age aspect of it — I crossed 40 not too long ago, and so what? Facebook cares about my well-being way more than I do. Isn’t that funny?
I’ve been noticing the pattern of videos and reels that pop up on my screen. It started first with walking — daily steps, good time, bad time, how much is too much, and whatnot. Then came gut health — heart, liver, kidney, colon cleansing — every part of the body. I never learned this much biology in school as I’m learning now. The anatomy of the human body is amazing, no doubt.
Well, it didn’t stop there. Heart, mind, and soul followed through. Everyone seems to know so much — or too much — about all this, except me. Some of them look way too young compared to me to even be talking about this in the first place. What was I doing back then? I had fun. I went places, explored, and whatnot — crazy, stupid, and young I was. Not worrying about life, heart, or soul — I never even paused to think if I had one. Now — LOL.
The list is endless — guasha for the face, foot massages, hair therapy, skin… blah blah blah. If one spends so much time caring for the inside and out, where’s the time to work, earn, spend, and live life now? I’d probably need another body to fix all these problems.
One can say it’s how the algorithms work, but still — it’s like social media is telling me how wrong I was, and still am, without me even asking for it. It’s free speech… and uncalled for.
But then there was this one video that completely threw me off. Like every day, I mindlessly scrolled through my feed and noticed a video on the best position to sleep. My eyes popped out for a moment, and my antennas sharpened — was this for real? I get it, there’s science behind everything we do. But aren’t we allowed to let loose now? At least sleep can be pardoned, can’t it? Sleep is important and precious to all — but the proper position for it? Hell no. The very thought stresses me out. I’d be awake all night worrying about the position rather than sleeping. So you see — it defeats the whole purpose.
I can be prudent when you least expect it, and I couldn’t care less about following the masses. I’d rather do my own thing now — in a mindful and healthy way.
If I continue down this path, within no time I might become a health expert, a therapist I didn’t go looking for — worse, an obsessed bodily entity who has to pause at every step throughout the day.
But nope — I’m pulling back. I want to live my life with a bit of insanity and craze. I want to explore and experience, take some risks and see what happens. I want to love fearlessly and freely. I want to live, knowing fully well it’s just one life — and I want to feel all of it.
In the interim, some parts of my body will slow down, function inappropriately, and worse — react in ways I won’t even understand. But I’ll figure that out when I get there.
If my 40s have this ripple effect on Facebook, I dread what my 50s will look like. Save myself and postpone death, maybe — LOL.
Wonder if it would be a good idea to remove my birth details now and allow Facebook a breather.
My life — my own.
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