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Why you should hide parts of your life if you want a peaceful life
People love to tell you to be yourself and to not to let anyone stop you from being you, and that’s true, but you don’t need to let everyone know everything about you. It’s not about judgment, it’s about peace. The more people know about you the more people have to attack, and humans love to attack.
I heard someone today describe the need to tear others down as a sickness and that’s the best description of it I’ve ever heard.
If you want to live a life that’s not filled with conflict then it’s best to keep some things to yourself. It’s not about avoiding your problems or conflicts that need to be had, it’s just that people love to cause a fuss over things they don’t understand and dealing with this all the time is tiring.
Sometimes it’s something small, but you’re in a place with dumb people and they take issue with dumb shit. Sometimes you say shit around them that’s not even a big deal and all of a sudden you’re in the dumbest conversation of your life.

Oversharing society
We live in a time where people are sharing everything about themselves to the point it’s disturbing. People are lonely and I think oversharing is linked to that. People overshare so they can connect with people, but they don’t always think about what comes with that.
The rumours, the judgement, the stalking, etc. You never know who you’re talking to or what they’re going to do with the information. People share where they are, what they’re doing and who they are with all the time and it leads to dumb conversations.
Anything you share on the internet can lead to a dumb conversation, there is a reason I’m anonymous on this account.
I don’t want to argue
I don’t want to argue with dumb people about dumb shit so I avoid speaking about certain aspects of my life around some people. I don’t go out drinking a lot, some people have an issue with that and think…