LINKS TO LOVE
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Who would I be without Instagram? This is a fantastic piece by Tavi Gevinson on how the authentic self gets subsumed by social media: "I never considered myself calculating — who does? — and when I did catch glimpses of my own ambition, I thought it was ugly, disgraceful, incongruous with my authentic self, who simply wanted to make things and connect with people and probably, one day, move to the woods. And yet the rapid-fire stage-mom math I performed in curating my various Instagram accounts was likely instrumental to the presentation of my authentic self that would eventually lead to branded-content deals, acting roles, and my career as I now know it."
How are you creating burnout for other people? You may remember Anne Helen Petersen from our chat about burnout on Hurry Slowly. Here, she writes about how what's convenient for us often creates burnout for others: "Think deeply and consistently about how your own actions, and standards, and practices create burnout in others. That can be as simple as not being the one who emails at 9 pm on a Saturday. How you act — as a manager, as a co-worker, as a partner, as a parent — has ripple effects that extend far past the immediate relationship. That's easy to understand on an intimate, inter-personal level — but harder when we start thinking about the deeper causes of burnout (economic precarity and exploitation) and our place within the larger world of contemporary capitalism."
We've reached peak wellness. This is a good back-to-basics piece by Brad Stuhlberg about what really makes us feel good. (Hint: An obsession with productivity isn't the answer.) "In their book The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the 21st Century, Harvard psychiatry professors Jacqueline Olds and Richard Schwartz write that an increased focus on 'productivity' and the 'cult of busyness' is crowding out time for developing meaningful relationships. This may be especially true among millennials. A recent poll from the market research company YouGov found that 30 percent of millennials say they feel lonely and 22 percent said they have zero friends."
Creating from presence rather than ego. I am really enjoying this short video series from Eckhart Tolle (via Sounds True) about how to manifest in a conscious way. If you want short cuts, this is *not* going to be your thing. But if you want the real deal, Tolle is fantastic. The advice here relates closely to what I talk about in my "who are you without the doing?" podcast episode.
Other things I'm currently enjoying:
+ The zen text Infinite Circle by Bernie Glassman.
+ The Mother Peace round tarot deck and guidebook.
+ The gorgeous illustrations in this picture book.
+ The soothing gongs of the Enso meditation app.
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