- drakelily05
- March 9, 2026
Social Media Comparison and Self-Worth
There’s a thing that happens when you’re scrolling and you see someone your age — roughly, approximately, in the same stage of life — and
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- drakelily05
- March 9, 2026
The Pressure to “Have It All Together” in Your 20s
Nobody told me that turning 25 would feel like an audit. But there it was — the invisible spreadsheet. Do you have a career trajectory?
- drakelily05
- March 9, 2026
Burnout Culture — Why Everyone Feels Exhausted
I’ve noticed that “How are you?” has almost stopped being a question. It’s a greeting that expects a specific answer — fine, busy, good —
- drakelily05
- March 9, 2026
The Normalization of Therapy in Modern Culture
Ten years ago, telling someone you were in therapy was still a disclosure — something you chose to share or not, something that carried social
- drakelily05
- March 9, 2026
Why Anxiety Is Rising Among Teens and Young Adults
A friend of mine teaches high school English. She’s been doing it for fourteen years. She told me recently that the kids sitting in her
- drakelily05
- February 23, 2026
Smart Devices — Convenience vs. Surveillance
My refrigerator does not need to know who I am. It has no business having an IP address. And yet here we are. The smart
- drakelily05
- February 23, 2026
Tech Burnout — Why People Are Logging Off
There’s a particular kind of tired that comes not from doing too much but from being too available. From the perpetual notification, the always-on expectation,
- drakelily05
- February 23, 2026
The Evolution of Influencers and Online Careers
In 2012, “influencer” wasn’t a job title. It wasn’t even really a word in this sense. The people who would come to be called influencers
- drakelily05
- February 23, 2026
Deepfakes and Misinformation — How Real Is the Threat?
There’s a video of a public official saying something they didn’t say. It was made with publicly available software, by someone without specialized skills, in
- drakelily05
- February 23, 2026
Screen Time and Mental Health — What the Research Actually Shows
If you follow health media, you might have gotten the impression that smartphones are destroying an entire generation’s mental health, with research to prove it.