What Can I Do To Help? // The Responsibilities Of Social Media

I’m constantly asking myself this and I’m still figuring it out.

I have a responsibility with this platform and my position in a time where people are listening. I know it’s a calling. I know I no longer want to be characterised by my aesthetic. What can I be doing here? Is it enough? Is it beneficial? How can I speak more powerfully? What more can I do in my day to day life?

I also know there are many flaws in my character, but hopefully, I have some redeeming features too. I’m not entirely good, I haven’t always made the best decisions. I also haven’t always had the support network around me that I do now.

My career is constantly readjusting, through surfer, model, surf school owner, producer, writer, sustainability consultant, public speaker and all the things in between, to find a way towards a greater alignment between my work and my beliefs.

I am becoming focused and clear on what I am consciously choosing to do, learning where my fear holds me back from growing and starting to not feel resentment when I financially miss out on opportunities because I won’t endorse a company that uses real fur, tests on animals or treats factory workers unethically. I also know the cure to my anxiety is in staying true to myself and these things that are important to me.

I know the changes I want to see in this industry and I am ready to show up, grow up and get to work wherever I can to try and better myself and the world around me.

Hugs and high fives appreciated en route.

[morning inspo from @chaninicholas, @pandorasykes, @dollyalderton and the high low podcast]