Life Lessons from Dear Dolly by Dolly Alderton
8 Life Lessons I Picked Up From Dolly Alderton's New Book, "Dear Dolly"
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Let's be honest, even though we may feel like the only person who has ever lingered on their exes Instagram page, while attempting to stay hypervigilant so as not to accidentally double tap any of their posts, it's something we've all done. It's just too tempting to not check up on their social media presence, right? This is why Alderton's simple solution is necessary: block them.
Breaking the habit of endlessly checking their social media feeds can be such a freeing experience. I mean, what are we even hoping to see on there anyway? That they can't live without us? That we're doing better than them post-breakup? And that's without taking into consideration the fact that we only tend to show the highlights and high points of our lives on social media.
"In the majority of cases blocking isn't a weapon used to make people feel bad, it's an armour to guard oneself," Alderton writes. We couldn't have put it better ourselves.