Does Social Media Help With Personal Growth?

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I am today.That is one of the benefits of being on social media for a long time. I can look back at my old post and see the personal growth that I have achieved in the last few years.While I am not trying to sound full of myself, I can tell you my writing was not as good as it is today. Outside of high school, Facebook was where I first started writing about my life as a parent of two children with autism.Back then, in those early days, I was a carefree person. While I did have two young boys with autism, my focus was on providing them with the best childhood that I could. I always took the family to water parks, amusement parks, and vacations. It was fun, and in some ways, I do miss itHonestly, I could have done better compared to the type of parent I was ten years ago. I think I was more focused on having good times com

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pared to being on the front lines of the boy’s autism diagnoses and exploring every opportunity that was available to them.Today, I wouldn’t say I am as carefree as I used to be. My two boys are in high school, and now I must prepare for them as adults. I am very focused on their therapies and use every resource that is available to me. I am very involved in everything they do and no longer focused on being the good-time dad. I am also now a single parent, which, of course, makes a world of difference in how I live and parent.Facebook and social media don’t tell the whole story, but they include the highlights in the narrative of our lives.Looking back on that time in my life, I see personal growth from the person I was ten years ago compared to now. Does it help with reflecting upon that point in my life? Yes it does!</article></body>

Does Social Media Help With Personal Growth?

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I had a free moment as I sat in my chair, staring into the space of my iPhone. My fingers pressed upon the Facebook App. As it loaded and appeared on the screen, it showed my

Facebook memories. I usually try to avoid this feature of Facebook in every way that I can. There are some memories that I cannot look back on.

This time, I decided to be brave and do something different, and I looked back on my Facebook memories. While I didn’t look back on the memories that were hard for me to see, I looked at them with an analytical look at the person I was back then and the person I am today.

That is one of the benefits of being on social media for a long time. I can look back at my old post and see the personal growth that I have achieved in the last few years.

While I am not trying to sound full of myself, I can tell you my writing was not as good as it is today. Outside of high school, Facebook was where I first started writing about my life as a parent of two children with autism.

Back then, in those early days, I was a carefree person. While I did have two young boys with autism, my focus was on providing them with the best childhood that I could. I always took the family to water parks, amusement parks, and vacations. It was fun, and in some ways, I do miss it

Honestly, I could have done better compared to the type of parent I was ten years ago. I think I was more focused on having good times compared to being on the front lines of the boy’s autism diagnoses and exploring every opportunity that was available to them.

Today, I wouldn’t say I am as carefree as I used to be. My two boys are in high school, and now I must prepare for them as adults. I am very focused on their therapies and use every resource that is available to me. I am very involved in everything they do and no longer focused on being the good-time dad. I am also now a single parent, which, of course, makes a world of difference in how I live and parent.

Facebook and social media don’t tell the whole story, but they include the highlights in the narrative of our lives.

Looking back on that time in my life, I see personal growth from the person I was ten years ago compared to now. Does it help with reflecting upon that point in my life? Yes it does!