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Embrace Your Inner Weirdo: How Technology Can Bolster Your Confidence
Live Your Truth Even if You Have to Hide Behind a Keyboard.
by Michelle Montoro
The past few months have been exponentially weirder than usual. At first, the strange happenings kind of threw me for a loop. But I am learning to embrace all things no matter how strange they may seem at first glance. We live in a world that is dominated by social media and technology. For those of us who did not grow up with the ease of access to people from all over the world, it is sometimes off putting how bold people can be when they have computers or other devices to mask themselves.
You may think I am going to bash such brazen boldness right now. But I actually am going to do quite the opposite. I am going to praise those of you who use technology to bolster your confidence. The bravery that you may not otherwise have. If it takes a computer or a kindle or a cell phone to feed you false courage, then by all means grab hold of that courage, embrace it, and ride its momentum until it becomes actual real courage.
We can all sit back and criticize the keyboard warriors who hide their faces while they blow off steam in the wrong direction. But let’s shift our focus to those who use modern technology to find their voices in a world…
