The wider the gap between your online self and your kitchen-table self, the more tired you’ll get.
REFLECTION
REFLECTION
Keeping two versions of yourself running costs energy the entire time, whether or not you notice the drain. The tiredness does not come from being online. It comes from the distance between the two, because the wider version needs constant editing and the maintenance never gets a day off.
Close a little of that distance rather than quitting anything. Let something ordinary show up, or let the polished account go quiet for a week. Watch how much attention comes back once you are not keeping a second person presentable, because that returned attention is usually the whole benefit.
How different is your posting voice from your kitchen voice?
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