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Ego death. | Kris Nóva

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As I begin settling into a new flow of my life I find myself finding tremendous sanctuary and peace with myself. I notice this internal tranquility seems to be related to my exodus of social media. A few months away from my online addiction has left me with two fundamental conclusions. First, My relationship with social media was “selfish”, “self-centered”, and “self-righteous” in nature. Egotistical. Next, I believe I am not alone in this experience. Candidly, I don’t see a lot of hope on social media right now. I believe social media has drifted to a doom and horror conduit similar to the tabloids. Shock sites, devoid of hope. The more repulsive, the better. Akin to “Curiosity Slowing” of traffic passing a gruesome accident. Everyone wants to slow to gawk at the carnage – nobody wants to stop and lend a hand. There is no argument that horrific things are occuring in the world. However a mass loss of hope feels… new. We have lost our prerogative to enact change. We aren’t using social

As I begin settling into a new flow of my life I find myself finding tremendous sanctuary and peace with myself. I notice this internal tranquility seems to be related to my exodus of social media. A few months away from my online addiction has left me with two fundamental conclusions. First, My relationship with social media was "selfish", "self-centered", and "self-righteous" in nature. Egotistical. Next, I believe I am not alone in this experience. Candidly, I don't see a lot of hope on social media right now. I believe social media has drifted to a doom and horror conduit similar to the ta

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