Life Lessons

Social Media: A Timeline of Our Relationship

I remember starting my very first Twitter account in the summer of 2009. It was a new platform, and the best way to stay in contact with my favourite Canadian band at the time, STEREOS. On this new platform the band promised to post show information…

3 Reasons Why: Social Media Unplugged

Reason 1.

May 4, 2018 : 1,535 Friends

4:19 p.m.

Sorry to interrupt you, I know you’re probably cuddled up on that little beige couch in the back room of your old house, watching after…

Dear 10-year-old-me…

Dear 10-year-old-me,

A letter to my pre-social media self

Dear 12-year old self,

You’re about to discover something that is going to change your life. For better or for worse? That’s for you to decide. It will make you happy, it will make you sad. This life changing thing is called Social Media.

What I needed to hear: A Letter to myself

Dear little 11-year-old me,

You is kind, You is Smart, You is Important.

The past three weeks of mine have been of me trying to write this final blogpost…

Dear 11 Year Old Celeste,

So dad finally decided to let you have Facebook — kudos to you for wearing him down LOL I know that’s not easy to do! But on a…

Learning From Your Mistakes

Dear Danii (12-year-old-self),

Dear 11-year-old Dayna

(I’m not exactly sure when you got Facebook but I know you must be around 11 because there are photos from October 2007…

Dear 14 year old me.

Hey Ryan,

It’s me. Hello from the other side. It’s December 19th 2009 — you’ve just finished your first few months of high school and you’ve finally decided to get Facebook. Kudos to you for holding out this long. That’s one good decision that you made about social…