sooo always remember that social media is a one-dimensional, misleading peek into other peoples’ lives.
while it’s all changing now, let’s look at what i’d generally post by channel from the past several years:
LinkedIn business and sales stuff. i’d post relatively dry business advice or wins / news.
Instagram: mostly cute family pictures, though that’s been changing lately. what i like: it’s super easy to take & post short videos on their ‘stories’ section.
Twitter / Facebook: just stuff that’s reposted from instagram.
Tiktok: similar to Instagram. I use (erratically) it as an easy way to take short videos of whatever is inspiring me in that moment.
most of what i post is good news (joined a board!) or advice (eat veggies!) or cute family pictures. it’s naturally easier to capture and want to share those things, than the dark side of life.
what you won’t see as much of (at least in video)...like how i am bawling after i dropped the kids off to school, because they're growing up. or when there’s an argument in the house.
when that stuff is going down, i don’t feel like whipping out my camera. (I won’t say i never will do it tho, if only to show people that it does happen.) or if it involves other people, it’s inappropriate & distracting to capture (by video) in the moment.
there’s an inherent bias towards positive posts. hence why social media is so distorted vs. our real lives. keep that in mind when you’re surfing others’ feeds.
i ride the waves of uncertainty, anxiety, excitement, love, wins and losses, like you and everyone else. 50 years into this life thing, i’m still learning every day, and at the same time realising how little i know.
🧠
Air
PS: when i run into stories online of others and get that reaction of “oh wow they’re killing it in [business | adventure | relationship | etc etc], what am i missing…” i remind myself how i have my own unique path and life and what has worked and is working for me. i gotta stick to my knitting.
i remind myself how i have my own unique path and life and what has worked and is working for me. i gotta stick to my knitting.
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