Psychology Around the Net: June 6, 2020
Do we really want to cancel 2020?
Earlier this week, a friend of mine shared an Instagram post with me. It wasn’t the usual cheeky meme about quarantine-inspired day drinking or how dogs are the best things ever.
It was a post written by Leslie David, a writer and designer and the co-founder of Strand Social, a digital marketing and design agency based in California.
I’m not going to wax poetic on how this was just the message I needed to read. I’m just going to leave it here in case it’s just the message you need, too.
What if 2020 isn’t cancelled?
What if 2020 is the year we’ve been waiting for?
A year so uncomfortable, so painful, so scary, so raw — that it finally forces us to grow.
A year that screams so loud, finally awakening us from our ignorant slumber.
A year we finally accept the need for change.
Declare change. Work for change. Become the change. A year we finally band together, instead of
pushing each other further apart.
2020 isn’t cancelled, but rather
the most important year of them all.
— Leslie David
Onward with this week’s Psychology Around the Net!
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