Stop. Now.

Stop sharing little bits of junk about your life on social media.

Stop reposting other people’s junk.

Get your ideas clear in your head and write them down properly, in full and beautiful prose.

Take the time to be creative and make something that’s worth a damn.

Let people engage with it, react to it, learn from it, be excited by it – not this empty desperation for a pointless statistic, some virtual accoutrement to your vacuous existence.

Step into the world and be