Create

Instagram: scroll and stare. Someone else’s life. Compare. Pause. Take a breath. Create. TikTok: a clip, a trick, a trend. The next swipe’s better. No end. Pause. Take a breath. Create. Threads: a thought, a take Another stranger walking on a rake Pause. Take a breath. Create. Twitter: pick a side. Claim you’re right. Keep going right into the night. Pause. Take a breath. Create. The algorithm: click and stay. Your own ideas wait all day. Pause. Take a breath. Create. Not everything you notice needs your attention. Not every thought needs a follow. A thought needn’t have likes. A notification ping shouldn’t be a command. So… Write a sentence. Sketch a shape. Play a chord. Don a cape. Make something small. Make something imperfect. Make something nobody need see. It needn’t be content. It needn’t become a career. It needn’t be the side hustle or FIRE. This isn’t a demand to do more. It’s a reminder to decide. The same phone holds an endless feed and the first sentence of something only…