Life is Not a Series of TikTok Clips

I have a love hate relationship with TikTok. It eats up a lot of my time, and I cannot bring myself to remove it from my phone. Occasionally, I would scroll through the videos after a long day at office. It is a form of escape and also looking at something that is outside of my life. Sometimes, TikTok contains profound wisdom. I recalled watching a clip that says - "Your life is not a series of TikTok clips". All the videos that I saw are merely highlights of the creator. My son once told me that it takes about 20 hours to write, produce, shoot and edit a 11-minute video. When I doom scroll through TikTok videos, I do wish my life can be different and easier. The creators are only showing us the best sides of their life. We never know what is going in behind that camera. Our life is not a series of clips but a series of moment that are difficult, boring, frustrating and peppered with happiness. Instead of doom scrolling through video clips, maybe it is time to put down the phone.…