Dear Alexander #23: The Self

“Our self is in constant fluctuation. If you’re constantly listening to what other people are saying and sharing on social media, you’re never understanding who you are. You’ve become a reflection of other people.” — Robert Greene

Social media and the internet has become the most significant double-edged sword of the 21st century.

You have experienced it’s powerful deleterious effects on your own mental state and find yourself in a place where ‘the self’ (who you are) sometimes gets muddled through the reflection of thoughts and opinions of the media on a screen.

You use all forms of media to help provoke internal dialogue, challenge previous held believes and educate on all things related to the human experience. But you have gotten to a point where you are trying to peel back the layers of yourself and find solitude, peace and space, and you can only find that if you quiet the external voices by stepping further away from media consumption.

Most of our diseases (physical and mental) are diseases of over-consumption. You have been in large phase of intellectual cerebral consumption that is currently affecting you’re understanding of yourself and your own mental well-being. Although on the other hand of the double edged sword it has also aided in dramatic self reflection, pro-activeness and betterment. It is the elixir and it is the…