The evening plodded along, minutes gradually blending together to make up the last few hours of a long day. I collapsed onto the couch after running the dishwasher and folding the now-clean laundry. I began scrolling through social media, ignoring the hour and the fact that my time would be better spent showering and going to sleep.
My eyes began glazing over slightly, skimming words and scanning faces as fatigue continued its offensive on my body. My vision sharpened into focus when certain names flashed across the screen and I consumed a few sentences of the posts before moving on.
I stopped swiping at a post from a dad I had met at Dad 2.0 and whose work I’d admired for some time.
“Warning,” it began. “This is verbose and heavy, but it’s time to unload some thoughts.”
I sat up straighter and tapped “Continue Reading.” Continue reading “The Importance of Being Vulnerable Online”