*What Kind of Post Would Make You Stop Scrolling?
*What Kind of Post Would Make You Stop Scrolling? I’ve been lying to you about my morning routine Yesterday I posted about waking up at 5am to meditate and journal. Got 200 likes and three comments about “discipline.” The truth is I woke up at 5am because my neighbor’s dog was barking and I couldn’t get back to sleep. I sat on my couch in yesterday’s clothes, scrolled Twitter for an hour watching people argue about things that don’t matter, and ate cereal while my reflection in my black laptop screen looked disappointed in me. But “Productive Morning Routine” gets more engagement than “I Feel Lost Most Days.” The performance trap I think we broke something when we turned our lives into content. My friend Sarah posted a photo of her “gratitude journal” last week. Beautiful handwriting, perfect lighting, inspirational quote about manifesting abundance. The post got 500 likes and comments calling her “inspiring.” Three days later she called me crying because she got rejected from another ...