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Oh Myyy! Social Media

I've been reading George Takei's book "Oh Myyy" and it's very clever, funny and insightful.  He describes his journey into social media from Twitter to Facebook and the impact he's made as well as his take on it.

How sharing and liking a post on facebook, means a lot more than just wanting your "friends" to see it. But it runs deeper than that, it shares a part of you, something you want people to know about yourself, your life, and how you think.  Being naturally social creatures, these forums and the attention we receive from them has changed how we display our lives.


This got me thinking about my own posts and feelings when others post.  It makes me jealous to see certain posts on people's pages as I'm sure some of mine elicits that reaction in others.  But then I think we need to examine why we feel certain emotions from others posts, because if you don't care at all then that feeling won't even be a factor.  For example I ask myself am I jealous because I want to live that "life" too and if that's the case why am I not?

What can I do to get there? Would it really make me happier?

I will still continue to post my photos of food and the beach and surfing and my dog because those are things I love and want people to know about me.  It has also made my friends think about me enough to send me messages, leading me to new products and places to visit to SUP/surf, new articles to read, new connections with people in the HR and org development world, etc.

And if anyone really wants to know why I live my life the way I do now?  Because its too short, because when I lost my mom at 23 I learned something about how I wanted to live my life, how much I wanted to love people and what I do and what I really needed to get rid of and stop caring about.  For me to have meaning in my life it involves creating connections and to share and find information on things I love to do.

In comparison the 80-90ish years we will live are a small nick in the timeline of the world, we have to make it mean something to us.

i love the outdoors!

i see waves and i crave to surf them.  i see rocks and i itch to climb them.

the list

some friends of mine tell me i'm too picky, to forget about the list...

you know that list of qualities you'd love your ideal partner to have.  i happen to like my list and won't give up on it, because i also believe that once i find the right person the list won't really matter anymore.

chemistry can't be faked, if it's there it's there.  if it's not, move on.

if i weren't doing what i do now

i'd have a floral shop that was half a cafe that served teas, coffee, cheese, meats, crackers and other tiny snackable things.

sometimes i wonder what it would have been like, had she not passed away.  where my life would be right now.  at the same time, i am thankful for all the amazing people i have met because of where life has led me.

#oceanthoughts

i think i've spent my whole life sitting on beaches staring at the ocean feeling drawn to it not realizing i wanted to be in it and now that i am i never want to leave.