22 Gen

Slow Journal

What do we hide while we share?

We love sharing beautiful things.

Perfect images.

Perfect moments.

Clean details.

But rarely the whole picture.

We choose fragments,

not the horizon.

Focus,

without direction.

Everything fits inside a phone screen.

A small circle where life looks controlled, ordered, complete.

And behind that screen,

we start hiding.

We think we’re showing something to others,

but most of the time

we’re convincing ourselves.

We chase the same places.

The same views.

The same trends.

The same emotions.

Not because they’re ours,

but because they’ve already been approved.

We repeat what we’ve seen.

We copy what worked for someone else.

Trying to feel something

by following the same path.

We’re not living the moment.

We’re collecting proof that we were there.

And while we try to capture the emotion,

the moment passes.

So we post.

And then we wait.

A like.

A view.

A notification.

A brief pleasure.

Just enough to cover the silence.

We hide ourselves

to feel accepted for a moment.

We tell ourselves we’re connected.

We tell ourselves this is life.

While the real moment is happening

somewhere else.

Outside the frame.

Outside the screen.

We’re not lying to others.