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by Aletheia Luna
January 24, 2026
from
LonerWolf Website
How often have you felt addicted to being,
doing, and having "more"?
To fill the need to be worthy, successful, or
more awakened?
All fuelled by the feeling that deep down,
what you do, what you say, and who you are is "not good enough"?
This pressure to be "more" is only made worse by
social media...
It's amplified 1,000-fold by the
hyperconnectivity we experience day and night:
notifications, pings, follows, likes,
follows, comments, and the endless stream of filler content
cluttering our screens and lives...
Before we know it, we're stuck on the
self-improvement treadmill fueled by FOMO (fear of missing
out) and toxic comparison ("I suck compared to them").
All of this creates deep self-alienation and
disconnection from ourselves.
4 of cups – the inner part of us
that symbolizes
disinterest and dissatisfaction,
but also the
hidden gifts and opportunities
within boredom
and simplicity
I feel this almost every time I go on social media. And it's so
automatic and subtle.
I recently entered the social media arena
again after a 4-month hiatus as a way of finding more readers to
support this work.
Let me tell you, it's chaos out there.
Within the space of 30 seconds, it's not uncommon to see 7-8
ads, aspirational quotes, rage bait, beautiful people doing
perfect yoga, dancing cats, aspirational memes, mala
bead-wearing men making green smoothies, videos of people in
exotic destinations,
...the list goes on...
The lesson here?
Novelty sells.
Negativity sells.
"Be more than what you are" sells.
Simplicity and plainness don't.
It's uncool, daggy, boring...
This, in part, is why I believe we
fear our own simplicity.
We want to be loved and validated and
interesting...
But what if we do a 360-degree turn and look at
this differently?
What if living a "boring" and "simple" life is the antidote to a lot
of our suffering and self-alienation?
In Nietzsche's 'Zarathustra - Notes of the Seminar Given in
1934-1939', renowned psychiatrist (and let's face it, mystic)
Carl Jung says something powerful,
Most people cannot bear simplicity.
There are many simple and modest individuals
who would be fine if they could be who they are, but they
believe they should be something better, that they are not quite
good enough; and so they begin to deck themselves out with
feathers and whatnot to be great and astonishing.
But they are only astonishing when they are
simple.
Sounds like a scathing commentary and diagnosis
of today's social landscape, eh?
What I find particularly deep is the last line:
'they are only astonishing when they are
simple'...!
We're biologically wired to imitate each other to
belong.
Hence,
why places like social media are so
addictive.
Why "keeping up with the Joneses" is a thing.
But the one who chooses to stay simple, to be
okay with their plainness, with their unadorned and bare self, is a
true gem.
That is what's astonishing...!
Simplicity is honesty. It is the most truthful
way to be because you're not adding anything to yourself.
You're defying society's message to "do, be,
and have more."
You're defending your right to be your
imperfect, flawed, sometimes boring, you.
It's pretty damn punk if you ask me.
So this is a gentle message today, reminding you (and
reminding myself) that,
it's okay to be plain and simple.
You don't need to add anything to yourself to
be lovable.
You are worthy just as you are...
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