Oversharing can turn temporary emotion into permanent record.
GRATITUDE
GRATITUDE
A feeling that would have lasted three days can become a permanent artifact once it is posted, sent, or announced. The emotion moves on; the record does not, and neither does other people’s memory of it. That mismatch is the main risk of sharing while feeling something intensely. You are giving away a version of yourself that will be obsolete by the weekend.
When the urge to share is strongest, that is the moment to wait. Write the message and leave it unsent overnight. Most of the time you will not send it, and you will not have missed anything.
What did you say in a low moment that outlived the feeling?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.