On any day I’ll scroll enough and pass an academic study, an Instagram life hack, a spiritual quote, a podcast, a rage-filled comment thread and a branded message telling me to love myself, all in under a minute.
It’s chaos but it’s also information.
I’ve stopped pretending I can escape it, instead I am developing the skill of synthesising it.
“Listen to the birds not the news.”
One interpretation: prioritising nature and inner peace over the constant flow of potentially overwhelming or negative news. .
Using this mantra proves exactly what I meant in the opening of this blog post.
The podcast below was shared with me the other day it is perhaps what triggered me writing this piece: the conversation on evolving gender roles and more importantly, the deeper interrogation, on what informs my set of beliefs.
This thinking plays out with the words the “boys are being left behind” chiming in my head.
Not everything I take in is logical, some of it is pure emotion. Some of it smells like marketing and some of it is science stripped of its context and spun for likes. I look at what resonates, even if it comes in strange packaging.
My thoughts, especially about understanding manhood, sit at the top of my mind, not a day passes by without me thinking about it. And one day I wanted to understand the condition of the society I live in, with information that locates itself in the human sciences and found this report.
The full report here – https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/1_Stock/Events_Institutional/2020/womens_charter_2020/docs/30-07-2020/A_Statistical_Overview_R_Maluleke.pdf
I’ve learned that modern feminist ideals and patriarchal pushback aren’t separate lanes, they crash into each other inside me. I feel the tension and the pressure. I listen to the experience, not just the ideology. Some feminist ideas have taught me power, some patriarchal ones have tried to bully me into silence.
I take what builds me and reject what breaks me.
Social media is a mess of half-truths, trends, projections and pain but it’s also a mirror. It reflects what people really care about, what they fear and what they crave.
Some of the things I piece together are narratives from astrology threads, trauma posts, healing memes, feminist rants and even algorithm-bait. The fundamentals I continue to ask myself: What helps me grow? What makes me still? What will ultimately serve me?
Do not read further without watching this YouTube video. It is only 1:32 mins short. It will share a very interesting perspective.
There is a well-founded meaning to this video and I would encourage you to watch the full conversation. Nikki’s words here helped me in tough moments.
I am building a belief system that’s adaptive, one that doesn’t seek perfection, just alignment.
This isn’t about escaping the noise. It’s about shaping a signal.
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