the importance of capturing memories you don't post | chronically offline diaries 008

Here's from Brazil! I discovered your channel after I decided to take some time off from social media and I'm really happy for this. Thank you so much for your incredible work! You've been helping me a lot... And I'm already seeing life from a different perspective. 🏞️🤍

Love that you’re doing your English masters, I did one too 🥰 and thank you for addressing this topic, I think I commented about it 😊

Re: newspaper times - people used to put little alerts in the paper to let the community know they were going on vacation 😂 you can imagine this practice stopped because of house break ins hahaha

I'm a 36 year old woman and I've been on social media since I was 18, so essentially half my life. Your videos have had such a positive impact on me. I've deleted my instagram and now experiencing life in real time, not through a screen. I wish I had the knowledge that you have in your early twenties. Love your content, it's so inspiring.

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I love this topic so much! 🤍 Coincidentally enough i was just thinking that i wanna start printing out pictures and make a photo album just like the ones we had during my childhood

“Why are they not enough” is a great question!!

I would really like to make a "physical feed" unfortunately I don't have a printer... I'll ask my father to print the photos at his work ❤

Hi Gillian, I love this topic, since last year I've been doing it, living and not posting, it's been so good, just keeping it to myself. And girl, your hair is so beautifuuul. Your skin is glowing!! 💖✨

U do give English teacher lol

At 45, been trying to tell people that no one cares for two decades. We do it to try to fot in and be "cool". Ive never been cool or had any friends...atill dont....i mean still have no idea why i have any subs. Ive always tried too hard to fit in and never worked...with God ive finally began to get used to being alonr anf bored...but thsts because ive FINALLY giving all th a t to God. Weekends alone with just mu aon have gotten so much easier.
But yeah no one in my experience. Not even family except your mom cares. Unless something is in it for them. Or im just not cute or cool enough for someone to listen too

that’s so funny, I also made a video about a snow day and I said I feel like I’m in Narnia! Love this series you’re doing 🥰

You’d mentioned The Midnight Library in a video and I ordered it maybe two weeks ago, I finished it in two days- what a great book!!! I would love to hear some of your favourite books that are similar or books that you would like to read

I am 20 years older than you and you are giving me such wise advise that is motivating me to stay off social. You have something important to say and I hope you don’t ever let the criticism get to you because I think you are helping more people than you know. Including me.

Also, I still would like to share my art online, but that's about it. I don't want to share my life. Just art and I guess my art could also tell the world some things about me, but it's not the same as posting my memories. I just post an art piece and leave. I feel like the biggest reason why I kept my fb and insta is for communication.

I'm on the same journey! Here supporting you :) Keep at it. Sending from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and it is so hot here right now! Sweating as I type this and seeing the snow is incredible. Love the real time insight this provides.. we don't see snow here unless it's in the thick of winter and we drive 2-3 hours up into the mountains.

Instagram is so embarrassing to post on but I still take pics even though I don’t post :)

What do I do if my job is social media for brands 😭

Such an awesome topic! I like updating my friends by texting them pictures, and I definitely see the difference between sharing important memories with people who actually care rather than for an entire world of strangers to see. Thanks Gillian!

I used to have social media, like a personal account but now I only have an editing account for like my fan edits I guess but what I realized when I still had a personal account was that I don’t need to share them with everyone and that I can just take pictures the way I want them to look and not the way they would look good on Instagram or would get a lot of likes

You should read Percy Jackson!!

As a Gen X peep, I sooo appreciate and love this! I’m not sure how I found you, but I’m so thankful that I did. I subscribed and I will continue to binge watch your vlogs. I think you are an old soul and I look forward to watching your vlogs. ❤️