On Media

It's the end of May. For me it has month of countless reflections than taking action. Trying to understand myself a little bit harder and better. especially when it came to the exposure, attention and noise from the media. 

Sometimes I count myself lucky have grown up in a time where media is not omnipresent in our time - a time when I was trying to find my own identity I was not poisoned by the illusion of "perfection". I still struggle with it but at least I am aware.

I mean, media and mass communication have always been omnipresent but it was not as automatic as what it is today. You had to reach for a certain medium to obtain information in order to see what was going on in someone's life or in other parts of the world. Now most media is almost automatically sent to you - whether you want to see it or not - in a single ping of notification from the phone - a device we use almost every single second of the day. 

This availability of instantaneous content is a huge double edge sword. On one hand, we can create safety and awareness of things to take necessary actions quickly, yet - in the other - cause the creation of unwanted chaos and over caution around the world. 

As cliche as it already is, widespread availability of content creates useful sources for inspiration for individuals to follow their role models yet creates the feeling envy of what is seen as a perfect life. 

It allows an unheard voice to be heard yet amplifies past and current failures leaving with a stinging record of past mistakes. 

As much as we filter out the contents we want to see and hear, it is almost unavoidable to come across that unpleasant feeling because the content is so god-damn available. 

At end of the day, I guess as an individual, only you can control what your mind wants to feel and take in. I think in some sense, it's always nice to know the intention behind the creation of a certain content - the message the creator is trying to bring. For the individual, it is up to the person's discretion on how the content should be internalised.

Everyone is a content creator sharing their opinions, reposts and their lives on media. I'm no chivalry when it comes to sharing the type of content and only parts of my life I want to show. Yet, in some way, while I hope to share methods that have helped shaped my life for the better in terms of motivation and productivity. I hope to be brave enough to be relatable as well - that yes I am also human - to be a person that can share some the authenticity of my own failures with little repercussions.

I like this video by Jenny Mustard where she shares about herself being a liar in the most content curated way - sums up nicely the whole purpose of her own content in her channel :)