Robyn Su Miller
Jul 29, 2017 · 2 min read

Devan, we’re gonna have to agree to disagree on this one! “In all sincerity, I used to think that people who kept a lot of their personal lives from social media were just as bad as people who loudly proclaimed how they didn’t own a television. As if somehow, their resistance to post anything about their lives to the masses made them more enlightened, smarter or less accessible.” Actually, I think it does make them seem more enlightened. The old slogan Kill Your TV is more relevant every day. I gave up my TV and as much as I love social media posts, I don’t think posting about farmer’s markets is “personal.” It’s social (which is good). And the personal stuff gets old quickly. On a personal note, I wrote a sonnet today and cleaned my white board. Maybe friends would care, but the public? Why? On a social note, it was Lipstick Day today and MAC was giving away free lipsticks. :)

And yet, on a making a difference scale, you are 100% right: you never know when what you say or share might make a difference in somebody’s life. For me, not leaving the house today outweighed the $17 lipstick I might’ve scored for free…even tho I’m down to lipstick stubs and broke. Articulating why may have helped someone else or even myself, but right now not sharing seems a better, conscious choice: even tho I applaud your “contributing your own thoughts, feelings or ideas into your chosen community” and may even find myself able to do that somewhere in the future….because of your lead!