Tag: social media

• Disconnected

  

  an essay Life surrounds us, continually moving through space and time as we sit in front of narrow windows displaying pixelated fantasies to our already beleaguered senses. I think about this myself as my fingers once again obey what feels like automated motions, swiping along on the phone to move onto another image, another video,…

  Jeremy C Kester

  August 14, 2026

  Essays

  essay, independent writing, life, marketing, philosophy, social media, writer, writerslife, writing

• Down

  

  I put my phone down. Literally and metaphorically.

  Jeremy C Kester

  February 28, 2026

  Blog, Essays

  digitallife, essay, independent writing, life, phone use, self publishing, social media, thoughts, writer, writerslife, writing

• Trauma for Sale

  Having studied psychology in college and continuing those studies in loose form, then having lived the life I have coupled with the continued anxieties I deal with, this topic strikes me in a way that few others do. One could call it being triggered were one to wish to use common terms of the day.…

  Jeremy C Kester

  June 25, 2021

  Blog

  anxiety, politics, psychology, racism, social anxiety, social media, trauma

• Hold That Thought

  One of the blogs I subscribe to, or rather, the newsletter or emails or whatever of said blog, is Nir Eyal. His blog Nir & Far has been a frequent visit site since discovering it. In the emails, Nir sends links to interesting articles, often dealing with psychology and social media. On the heals of…

  Jeremy C Kester

  December 5, 2020

  Blog, News, Updates, and Events

  life, life lessons, marketing, Nir Eyal, sales, Seth Godin, social anxiety, social media, The Social Dilemma

• Again?

  Some time ago I decided to step away from social media. This was done without clicking delete or deactivate; it was a simple measure of stepping back, of being more conscious of the activity. Eventually, as more control was attained, small steps back were made until eventually it resumed its prior foothold. Time passed and…

  Jeremy C Kester

  November 29, 2020

  Blog

  ello, facebook, instagram, introvert, life lessons, quitting, social life, social media, thinkspot, twitter, writing