bookishnlatte
(she/her) 🇨🇦 slow reader in love with fantasy and romance 🎀 always listening to an audiobook 🎧
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Victoria Schwab
« I am Addie. » How can three little words have such an impact on me?! I feel like Schwab is going to destroy my heart... 😣
bookishnlatte commented...
I think social media changes a lot of things. It's true that when you spend just a little time on social media, you're extremely influenced. You become dependent on things you wouldn't buy in large quantities, things you don't need. You see the good in all of this, but maybe not the repercussions. Well, everyone does what they want with their money (I myself have a wonderful library of over 200 books that I admire every day and that brings me a lot of joy), but it's important to do it with intention, awareness, and reflection. FOMO has also, from what I understand, greatly increased with social media, because we're constantly comparing ourselves to others. It's about establishing your own limits and focusing on what's important to you, in my opinion. Everything is a balance.
Hey boundlings 👋🏻 I used to one of those that had to buy series in full, have the physical books, or else.
However, few years ago, I fell off the reading wagon because I welcomed my daughter into my life and only recently did I get back into reading.
I noticed that on social media, everyone's chasing after the latest e-readers or prettiest edition of the covers and having aesthetically pleasing shelves, which is honestly fine.
Yet, at the same time it feels harmful to the environment with the amount of waste generated and for young viewers, it would make them feel some type of way if they aren't able to attain this lifestyle.
Personally, I purchased an e-reader and I've only been borrowing books from my library. I'm sad that I can't "own" the books. But, it's the best financial decision for me at this point for where I'm at in life.
As an adult, I do feel the "FOMO" factor kicking in because I do not have the prettiest decorated e-reader and I only read borrowed books.
I've been trying to steer away from consuming such content, yet I enjoy watching them at the same time to get recommendations or just for fun!
What do yall think? Have yall experienced this feeling before? Or even, you're in the position to have such a lifestyle which is so great, how do you budget what to spend on?
Curious with what everyone thinks!
