André Duqum

That is, it's becoming commonplace, but it's becoming commonplace for a reason because it's just like,

It's becoming like the nuts and bolts.

It's becoming like the brush your teeth and floss of the 21st century.

It's just like, put your fucking phone away.

Stop following accounts that make you feel bad.

You only envy the life of people whose sacrifices you don't see.

Yes.

And...

It's an alluring and persistent delusion, you know, to idealize people's lives that we see, whether it's through social media or in different spaces.

And it's one thing to have something that's admirable and have it be inspiring for you to take action in life.

It's another thing to think that people didn't work and have to forego many things that you don't want to get there.

Yeah, it's because nobody shows the sacrifices.

Again, it's like...

there's no Instagram account of like all the sacrifices in somebody's life.

Like nobody wants to share that with anybody.

Nobody wants to see it, but it's, it is, it's inherent.

And, and like anything that's good, it's whether it's, you know, developing a skill or being respected or being loved.

Like it's, it's, I don't want to say you have to earn it.

Cause I think that's like a bad model.

Like you, it's not, you're not earning things, but it is, it's just that like the, the, the sacrifices, like,