Being mindful of personal space online
Personal Space & Social Media.
Being mindful of your personal space, especially when it comes to social media is key to balancing times of rest. It can become a difficult and discouraging situation, if your only personal connections are the same as your work connections. You can still be friends and work together comfortably without being locked into a social media space. It’s okay.
Setting boundaries.
For those who make a living as social media content creators, hold 2nd & 3rd jobs in hybrid, remote, or in office – you understand “mindset & personal space”. t’s not a juggling act, it’s survival. People make a good living being creators, and the last thing they need is to be adding every board member, executive, co-worker, friend, family member, and blah, blah, and so forth. It’s bad enough having an online bestie, let alone your boss. What if your bestie and boss don’t like each other online? It happens!
What if your bestie and boss don’t like each other online?
How you talk and react in the office, isn’t easily mimicked online. It doesn’t just automatically translate, and often requires more detailed conversations than you might want. Be cautious when you mingle your work and personal online space together. It’s your personal space, you shouldn’t need to be trying to satisfy those work voices in your head, by going online and posting to the benefit of another’s self-edification. Stop that. No one is paying you to open an account online. If they are, it won’t be your personal space – it will be theirs.
What’s in it for the big companies?
I will stray away from the concepts of mindfulness for this short section. But it does still factor in on a professional level – one that needs charted for future endeavors, to help protect those workers online.
Some would argue that LinkedIn might be a special case. It’s business right? Unfortunately LinkedIn, and other similar social business forums have moved a big chunk of the daily grind away from its original purpose. It’s more fluffy and transitory, much more like FaceBook than they might like to admit. Therefore content creators have to be aware of the daily grind (fluff and transitions) and hit the ground running like a floor trader on the exchange.
Social media companies are all striving to find ways to keep tapping into the market. That generally means decreasing some constraints and adding new ones. If you have the extra cash in your account to pay for the Linkedin service, do it. It’s nice. I can’t argue with that.
While there are a number of Linkedin subscription levels to consider. With this new promised economy on the horizon, and more new businesses opening, hopefully Linkedin will see the advantage and loosen some of those newbie FREE constraints to attract more commerce. According to AI About 61% of LinkedIn users have a free account, while 39% have a paid subscription. Subscriptions go from free, to $29.99 premium up to $1600.
There is a push – pull effect there, so time will tell. I hear the bell.
Extraordinary maneuvering & balancing change agents needed.
Content creation on social media puts so much pressure on the creator to be a “balancing change agent”, daily. Those who do content creation probably understand that the last thing on earth you want to do after working online for 8 to 10 hours a day, is spend time looking and responding to your cohorts social posts. It’s not a healthy lifestyle, and a lot of creators aren’t sleeping well.
Online landscaping.
You need your own online environment that has a friendly landscape to enjoy apart from business. You don’t need to follow all your bosses/coworkers/friends online. They will understand if you don’t add (stalk) them. I also understand, that it is common place for work teams to have a social thread that supports the overall goals and objectives within a corporation. Who doesn’t love the accolades that come from welcoming new members, company successes, awards, team bonding activities, and works done within the community? Celebrating others’ and their successes is a great way to grow your teams. But these wonderful connections still should never take away from your own personal beliefs, mental escapes, likes and dislikes. Be real.
Ask yourself, why are am I on social media, and how did I land here? Do you have another door that you can open that provides a landscape that is mindful of your own personal space? I hope so, for your comfort and mental health.
Your company’s online presence.
There are many content creators that have large followings and are vocal on numerous issues. These content guru’s are well versed on opinion and diversity concepts and enjoy the privilege of “the rant” more than most. Unless these creators are completely independant, they will acknowledge that what you say about your work life online can be decremental to your companies online PR. In that regard most are professional and mindful of their creative content. Doesn’t mean you can’t provide entertaining content to your following, just keep it to a small roar.
Just keep it to a small roar
Sun Worshipers group – trending.
Turn off the computer and enjoy the great world we live in. Going outside and experiencing the sunshine I hear is treading – everyone wants a slice of the sun!
Enjoy the sun!
